Kaiser Permanente Agrees to Settle Patient-Dumping Lawsuit
This is an update to a post last November on www.health-insurance-litigation.com about allegations of patient-dumping by Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that Kaiser has agreed to a settlement of civil and criminal charges brought by the Los Angeles City Attorney. The first-of-its-kind settlement "requires the HMO to establish new discharge rules, provide more training for employees and allow a well-known former U.S. attorney to monitor its progress."
Under the proposed settlement, Kaiser will pay a small civil fine and some investigative costs to the city, and make a larger contribution to a charitable foundation. The pending criminal charges will be dismissed, and Kaiser's compliance will be monitored on an on-going basis.
I said it in November, and I'll say it again: you have watch the patient, Carol Reyes, being dumped to believe it. YouTube has the tape recorded by the "dumping cam" installed by the homeless mission where Reyes was dumped. The camera was there because the area was such a popular place for hospitals and police departments outside Los Angeles to dump people,
Under the proposed settlement, Kaiser will pay a small civil fine and some investigative costs to the city, and make a larger contribution to a charitable foundation. The pending criminal charges will be dismissed, and Kaiser's compliance will be monitored on an on-going basis.
I said it in November, and I'll say it again: you have watch the patient, Carol Reyes, being dumped to believe it. YouTube has the tape recorded by the "dumping cam" installed by the homeless mission where Reyes was dumped. The camera was there because the area was such a popular place for hospitals and police departments outside Los Angeles to dump people,
