If Kaiser Permanente was a for-profit, publicly traded company, it would come in at number 63, by revenue, on the 2007 Fortune 500 listing, just ahead of The Walt Disney Company.
In fact, as a not-for-profit organization, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals raked in considerably more profit (on a net income basis) last [...]
Posted in Cost of Care, HealthConnect, Kaiser Permanente, business on Apr 29th, 2007
Today, the Charleston Gazette is printing, on their front page, a story based on an interview I did with Tara Tuckwiller, along with a reprint of Rhonda Rundle’s Wall Street Journal article. From the Gazette article:
In a telephone interview with the Gazette Wednesday from his home in Los Angeles, Deal said he still thinks [...]
Posted in HealthConnect, Kaiser Permanente on Apr 26th, 2007
Page one of today’s Wall Street Journal has an article on the email I sent on November 3, along with a look at the events leading up to and following it.
This story was a personal struggle for me. When other reporters called, I never volunteered or confirmed my personal situation (not even my age) [...]
Posted in HealthConnect, Kaiser Permanente on Apr 23rd, 2007
In the days since the Washington Post first reported on the incidents of reprehensible conditions at the Walter Reed National Army Medical Center, the intense and growing spotlight on problems there has brought assurances that the problems will be corrected. Significantly, the level of (forced) transparency the Post brought to the situation has led [...]
Posted in HealthConnect, Kaiser Permanente on Mar 6th, 2007