Kaiser Northwest Permanente Lawsuit

[drusso]

http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/other/kaiser.doc.suit.pdf

A lot of information revealed about the Kaiser Business Model in this document. Kudos to Dr. Franck for trying to leave things in a better place than he found them. He's an inspiration for all health system-based MD/DO's.

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[hyperalgesia]

David vs Goliath...

 

[clubdeac]

Can you summarize what happend...I can't read that whole thing. I tried the first 5 pages and got bored...

 

[drusso]

Can you summarize what happend...I can't read that whole thing. I tried the first 5 pages and got bored...

Whistle-blower on the OR safety and "churning" for productivity-based compensation scheme.

 

[BobBarker]

I thought Kaiser docs were paid to not be very productive. Wasn't someone on here posting that they couldn't do procedures faster than every 30 minutes do to Kaiser rules. Sounded like a VA gig

 

[Disciple]

I think certain specialites/departments are utilized to a greater degree. Probably regional variation as well. Medicaid expansion increased their volume.

 

[yancantcook]

this suit reveals that Kaiser really seems to pressure physicians for efficiency and also seems very inflexible...of course it is just one side of the story

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

this suit reveals that Kaiser really seems to pressure physicians for efficiency and also seems very inflexible...of course it is just one side of the story

Pretty much every large hospital system is known for doing this...

 

[Dr. Ice]

I'm sure if every large corporate entity was examined, there would be similar findings. Particularly large ortho based corps..ie ortho Carolina, Rothman institute, etc etc