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Prime Healthcare Settles Lawsuit for $1.2 Million – Balance Due Billing in California

Prime Healthcare had been seeing out of network Kaiser Permanente patients and does not have contracted rates with Kaiser or any other insurance carriers and bills their normal and customary fees. Recently in the news Prime Healthcare had...

Published Tue, May 05 2010 1:40 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, HMO, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Balance Billing, Refund, Prime Healthcare, Clinics, audit, Orange County County

Kaiser Permanente Continues Green Movement – Purchasing Eco-friendly Medical Products

Not too long ago we heard about the solar panels being installed and used at Kaiser facilities and now the process continues to medical products that are environmentally friendly and recyclable. Last year I had a tour and interview with the CFO...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 9:14 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, green, purchasing, Eco-friendly

Why Are Medicare Bills So High at Los Angeles Hospitals – Answer May Lie in Access to Healthcare

It appears the costs are now under the microscope here, granted in the Los Angeles area we do have a great number of physicians and hospitals, just population would make relevance there. Now we have Cedars wanting to explore the matter too. ...

Published Sun, Sep 09 2009 5:15 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, medicare, health insurance, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Cedar Sinai Hospital, heatlhcare reform, Downey Regional Medical Center, costs

Kaiser Permanente offers Abbreviated Personal Health Records on a Read Only USB drive for $5.00

This actually is not a bad idea as it is not a complete PHR, but rather the information one would need while traveling out of the area or in the ER room. The fact that it is “read only” and can’t be tampered with is great. It can be updated...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2009 2:35 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, health insurance, PHR, HMO, Hospitals, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Foundation

Three Million People Now Using Kaiser Permanente's PHR – My Health Manager

With over more than 600,000 secure e-mail messages a month this sounds like a success. They also have the pilot program with Microsoft HeatlhVault going too, so records can go from My Health Manager to the HealthVault. Now we need an “e-patient...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 1:56 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, health insurance, PHR, HMO, Hospitals, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Foundation

Kaiser Foundation loses $794 million in 2008 – Investments and the Economy slated for the downturn

Kaiser is also feeling the tough times of the economy, as the article states, investments appear to be the root of the losses and not the operating portions of the foundation. BD Kaiser Foundation's health plan and hospitals lost $794...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2009 1:45 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, HMO, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Foundation

Hospital Marketing in Massachusetts and some California Marketing

Good article and worth reading from Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston. We have similar issues in California as well, and once again not to dispute or takes sides, but you can’t help but notice when “big” new buildings begin...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2009 3:40 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, health insurance, Tenet, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Transparancy

Kaiser Permanente Has Most Hospitals in Nation With Inpatient Electronic Health Record

Other hospital systems are working to catch up. Just in the news recently was the pilot exchange of information between the VA and Kaiser. Also the PHR, personal health records, from HealthVault will be due to come on line soon, so patients...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 8:19 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Physicians, PHR, HL7, VA, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Patients, KP Health Connect, pilot program

Tenet subsidiary announces closing of Irvine Regional Hospital – Orange County, CA

In a related story from Forbes, as soon as the announcement was made, Tenet stocks rose. I guess if you are a hospital chain, it appears closing a hospital will raise the stock? Investors must see this as an opportunity for Tenet to make...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 1:03 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Orange County, Stocks, Investments, http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2008/10/06/daily20.html

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