kaiserfraud ([info]corphq) wrote,
@ 2006-08-23 09:57:00
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Kaiser Heir Should Have Taken the Ethics Test
It looks like Henry Mead Kaiser got off with a slap on the wrist for stealing $25 million dollars and dragging down a few other people with him. I wonder...if the prosecutor had looked into the eyes of a low-income person of color, would he have thought "this guy gets it"? I also bet Kaiser has 10 new investment partners and a brand new get-rich-quick scheme the day he gets out of jail. That's just how the old boys network works.

In speaking of Kaiser Kriminals, Australian law enforcement is still trying to get their hands on Dr. Death. The reference to Kaiser's "HR process" in this article is laughable. Kaiser HR just rubberstamps whatever the doctors want - especially if those doctors are considered "shareholders". As I've said many times before, the HR problem is the problem Kaiser has to fix first. It's their willingness to cover up incompetence and fraud that has gotten Kaiser into one jam after another.

And yet another Kaiser Kriminal...former Kaiser executive and L.A. city commissioner Leland Wong was indicted this morning for bribery, conflict of interest, and perjury. Thirteen charges of embezzlement relate to his sojourn at Kaiser.

Update: LOL! Kaiser kills with exciting new technologies...




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[info]fiona64
2006-08-23 05:51 pm UTC (link)
From the article:
Dr Patel's Kaiser referees for his Queensland job, who have avoided accountability for their assessments, claim they were not aware of his tainted work history, including malpractice lawsuits and restrictions on surgery.

"Since then, Kaiser has developed a policy and procedure that in order to use Kaiser's letterhead, physicians must go through a process involving Human Resources," said Kaiser's Maureen Wright.

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There has always been a completely *separate* HR process for physician recruitment and hiring. The credentialists, in Patel's case, clearly did not do their jobs in checking the National Practitioner Database, which would have revealed the malpractice cases. Furthermore, credentialists are supposed to contact references directly, as well as contacting malpractice insurers, to obtain claims history. Sounds like *numerous* people fell down on the job here. :-/

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[info]corphq
2006-08-23 05:57 pm UTC (link)
Since you have more experience with this scenario - what do you think of the possibility that everyone did the appropriate checks, but the doctor(s) who wanted to hire Patel were able to override? This has been my experience: all Kaiser's policies and procedures mean nothing because HR is willing to ignore them when they feel pressure from above.

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[info]fiona64
2006-08-23 07:25 pm UTC (link)
what do you think of the possibility that everyone did the appropriate checks, but the doctor(s) who wanted to hire Patel were able to override?

Sadly, it wouldn't surprise me. The credentialists do their paperwork, and then the files go through a credentialing committee composed of (guess what) physicians. I would *think* that an ethical credentialing committee would say "fahgeddaboudit," but I could be wrong.

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[info]corphq
2006-08-23 09:02 pm UTC (link)
Then physicians have to realize that the HR shenanigans won't stop until they stop feeling entitled to override. Unfortunately, when they throw their weight around, they get their way.

Recently a group of doctors won a lawsuit that established their preeminacy over hospital "bureaucrats". The AMA was celebrating this as a victory for patients because "doctors know best." I'm not so sure. I think this might encourage doctors to blow off policies, procedures, and inconvenient laws.

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I Work With A Corporate Investigations Firm ...
[info]intrepidliberal
2006-08-24 03:45 am UTC (link)
that specializes in the construction industry. Kaiser reminds me a great deal of the way criminals in the Genovese crime family ran their businesses. Total scumbags with blood on their hands. If you're a Kaiser employee you're enablers of criminals. A whole lot of people in this firm from the very top to mid level managers are no better thieves who steal on behalf of mafia dons.

Intrepid Liberal Journal

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Re: I Work With A Corporate Investigations Firm ...
[info]corphq
2006-08-24 06:27 am UTC (link)
Heck, some of them probably are mafia dons. I can only imagine what that Leland Wong guy was into. That's all we need - mafiosos with sharp scalpels.

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