People ask me sometimes why I still care about Kaiser Permanente. It’s tough to put the reasons into words, except to say that I believe in what Kaiser Permanente stands for. Do you know what it’s like to believe in a country, and just not its current administration? It’s that way with [...]
When Kaiser Permanente launched the Thrive campaign in 2004, it set out to redefine the way people thought about the organization. I wrote, back in 2005: “It makes a world of difference when you’re pushing forward with a cause and people know why you’re doing it. Our cause is helping people live healthier lives.”
There [...]
Call it HealthConnect, Take Two. Only this time, replace Kaiser Permanente with Sutter Health.
Tim, over at HIStalk, was the first to pick up a story by Chris Rauber covering Sutter’s Epic Systems implementation. The guy in charge over at Sutter, Jerry Padavano, wants to be clear: “I’ve learned from Kaiser’s missteps, and we’re [...]
Update: In related news (to the post below), KP today said it has cut 175 positions from KP-IT headquarters in Pleasanton. Nearly two weeks ago, KP said it was laying off 100 employees, so it is not yet clear whether the the 175 figure is an additional round of layoffs or just an upward [...]
For the past few weeks, I have been looking at a few of the potential candidates who could succeed George Halvorson and get Kaiser Permanente back on track. Each candidate so far has been from outside the organization. Today, though, I’m going to talk about Bernard Tyson, who is effectively the chief operating [...]
In my message last fall to my colleagues at Kaiser Permanente, I voiced my concerns that the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Board of Directors was abdicating its most important responsibility: the oversight of our chief executive officer. I had spoken with several directors last fall, and was disappointed and shocked by their lack of [...]
I posted last week that membership growth at Kaiser Permanente has crumbled for the past three quarters, down 75% so far this year, a seemingly significant fact that was buried six paragraphs down in the quarterly press release. The news only gets worse from there, sadly. While potential new members are staying far, [...]
Update: Two hours later and KP still has not yet posted the results to its website, so here is a link to a PDF of the results. You have to dig down to the sixth paragraph to find mention of the “relatively flat” membership growth, which I’ve highlighted for your convenience.
Kaiser Permanente announced its [...]
Chuck Prince, chief executive of Citigroup since 2003, has resigned. Prince is being temporarily replaced as Citi chairman by Bob Rubin, who was Treasury Secretary for most of the Clinton years. Win Bischoff also will serve as interim chief executive.
The country club of bad former chief executive officers is growing. Now that [...]
I’m going to get to George Halvorson being one of the eight seven chief executives “honored” by a so-called “Diversity Best Practices” company in just a minute. Before I do, you should know that Kaiser Permanente is expected to report its third quarter financial results this week, and the picture is not looking good. [...]