In his latest weekly update, George Halvorson insists Kaiser Permanente has no “glass ceiling.” Mr. Halvorson’s spin couldn’t be further from the truth, sadly. WellPoint and Blue Shield of California both have many more women among their senior executive ranks than Kaiser Permanente. How disappointing that, instead of using his energy to [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2007’
Nothing is written.
The Los Angeles Times today has a number of letters to the editor that were written in, most praising the paper for its in-depth coverage of important health issues at California hospitals. One, though, criticized the paper’s editors for not printing more positive stories about Kaiser Permanente:
The [Devin Valenzuela] story is the latest in [...]
Closeted skeletons.
Ever heard of the so-called Foundation for Support of Health and Development in Africa? No? Me neither. It was a supposedly not-for-profit organization that was involuntarily shut down by the Louisiana Secretary of State. Do you think it had any connection to a so-called CentralHealth of Louisiana, Inc.? Which was [...]
An honest chairman for Kaiser Permanente?
This is the third Who Will Be Kaiser Permanente’s Next CEO? entry.
“The Health Ethics Trust, a division of The Council of Ethical Organizations, named Vicky Gregg, president and CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, as its 2007 Fellow of the Trust for her accomplishments and leadership in advancing health care ethics and compliance.”
You guessed it. [...]