Healthcare

KAISER AGREES TO DISCLOSE PHYSICIAN GUIDELINES, COMPENSATION TO SETTLE SUITS

January 29, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">AM BestWire</p> <p>Kaiser Permanente said it would post clinical guidelines and its physician compensation structure on its public Web site as part of a settlement to end lawsuits with three consumer groups.</p>

Complaint filed by FTCR, pursuant to Section 1861.05 of Proposition 103

January 28, 2003  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<h3>Challenging request for increase in medical malpractice liability insurance rates filed by American Healthcare Indemnity & SCPIE Indemnity Co. (11/12/02)</h3>

Bush: ‘Frivolous and junk lawsuits’ must end

January 28, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Doctors across the U.S. take job action against skyrocketing insurance rates</h3><p class="source">Canadian Business & Current Affairs Medical Post</p> <p>FTCR was also on record as saying legislators should limit profiteering by malpractice insurers to reduce the malpractice premiums physicians pay, not restrict legal recovery by wronged patients.</p>

A look inside; Settlement requires Kaiser Permanente to publish info on doc’s decisionmaking

January 27, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Modern Healthcare</p> <p>In what some healthcare experts are calling a landmark legal settlement, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to publish on its Web site detailed information on how its physicians make decisions about patient care.</p>

Statement of Scott Olsen regarding his son Steven’s Medical Malpratice Story – January 2003

January 27, 2003  ·  Scott Olsen

<!-- excerpt --><p>Eleven years ago our son, Steven, was made blind and brain damaged by medical malpractice. Then he became a victim a second time of a law in California known as MICRA-the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975.</p>

Large H.M.O. to Make Treatment Guidelines Public

January 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The New York Times</p> <p>Consumer advocates said the moves by Kaiser would push other managed care companies and medical groups to make similar disclosures regarding both treatments and doctors' compensation.</p>

Kaiser settles two lawsuits;

January 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Accused of holding back on care, the HMO will post its treatment guidelines.</h3><p class="source">The Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Kaiser Permanente agreed to make public the treatment guidelines its physicians follow and to disclose how they get paid as part of a settlement of two lawsuits that accused the HMO of misrepresenting how decisions about patient care were made.</p>

Kaiser Settles Lawsuit With Consumer Group;

January 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>State's largest HMO will post its medical care guidelines, doctors' pay structure on Web site.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>As part of the settlement to the false-advertising and fraud lawsuit, Kaiser also agreed to step up physician recruitment and to encourage members to select personal physicians rather than seeing a different doctor on each visit.</p>

KAISER PERMANENTE: SETTLES FALSE-ADVERTISING SUIT WITH CONSUMER GROUP

January 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">American Health Line</p> <p>Kaiser Permanente yesterday announced that it will disclose some of its internal operations as part of a settlement with a consumer group that alleged Kaiser engaged in false advertising in campaigns to recruit new members.</p>

Kaiser to reveal incentives for physicians

January 23, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">USA TODAY</p> <p>The agreement, announced Thursday, settles a lawsuit brought by several consumer groups that struck at the heart of the public's misgivings about managed care: the fear patient care is influenced by financial incentives.</p>

Kaiser to make disclosures of internal health care guidelines

January 23, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Kaiser Permanente and consumer activists announced a legal settlement Thursday that will require the health care giant to disclose the guidelines and financial incentives that influence the medical decisions of its doctors.</p>

Experts Debate Relief from Rising Drug Costs

January 22, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CNNFN - STREET SWEEP</p> <p>The lure of lower prices has led U.S. consumers to hop on buses headed north of the border, or to surf the Internet seeking out online pharmacies. Drugmakers and others say the practice is illegal and potentially harmful to consumers. However, not everybo</p>