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October 23, 2005 How Many Doctors Should Be Blamed? "People aren't getting the whole story on their HMOs or their doctors from the state of California." - Hillarie Levy, (4) February 24, 2003 The soul-searching among anesthesiologists at Kaiser Permanente's Woodland Hills hospital began in 1999, after 2-month-old Grant Wray nearly died as he was being sedated for hernia surgery. January 8, 2001 Wolfgang Spunbarg, a 72-year old Kaiser enrollee, was taken to the Kaiser Woodland Hills Emergency (2) November 29, 2001 A federal judge has ordered the state's HMO czar to answer to potential contempt charges in connection with a $1.1 million fine the department levied against Kaiser Permanente. Janet E. O’Brien, MD, MSPH, MS | Infant Anesthesia
Problems Spark Debate
By Charles Ornstein, Times Staff Writer February 24, 2003 The soul-searching among anesthesiologists at Kaiser Permanente's Woodland Hills hospital began in 1999, after 2-month-old Grant Wray nearly died as he was being sedated for hernia surgery. Doubts grew the following year when 19-month-old Jose Fajardo III suffered throat spasms during anesthesia, then died. General anesthesiologists at Woodland Hills questioned whether they could safely care for children so young; they implored hospital leaders to send these patients elsewhere or hire pediatric specialists. Read more - http://kaiserpapers.info/news/ca/debate.html October 23, 2005 How Many Doctors Should Be Blamed? "People aren't getting the whole story on their HMOs or their doctors from the state of California." - Hillarie Levy, During the last five months of 1999, Robyn Libitsky went to Kaiser Permanente 13 times with complaints of piercing back pain, only to be misdiagnosed and sent away with Tylenol, a prescription for sleep aids, physical therapy and an X-ray to the wrong part of her back. By the time Libitsky was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare fast-growing cancer, it was too late. She died last February at 29. http://robynlibitsky.kaiserpapers.info/hillarieandrobyn.html The Pleas for Medical assistance. The Actual Arbitration Report from DMHC on this arbitration http://www.hmohelp.ca.gov/library/arbitrations/enrollee/2002/q2/05/05-24-02.pdf The attorney that handled the case and final papers - close to $1,000,000 awarded to Robyn About Robyn Response to lack of enforcement of California Law from Dr. Harvey Frey As told by Station KEYT-Santa Barbara on September 23, 2005 http://robynlibitsky.kaiserpapers.info/robynl.html The Medical Board of California, reversing an earlier position, has decided to publicly censure all six Kaiser Permanente doctors involved in the death of a Woodland Hills woman whose case has sparked a debate about state oversight of California's largest HMO. Mirrored at: http://robynlibitsky.kaiserpapers.info/kaiserstillwontobeythelaw Kaiser doctor Shabab Attarchi, the attending physician didn't seem to care that in violation of the law he was trying to get Robyn Libitsky's corneas. He also didn't care that because Robyn's bone marrow was involved the corneas were considered unsafe for transplanting into another person. http://robynlibitsky.kaiserpapers.info/onelegacy.html January 8, 2001 Wolfgang Spunbarg, a 72-year old Kaiser enrollee, was taken to the Kaiser Woodland Hills Emergency Department by his wife, Edith Spunbarg, on April 25, 2000. Mr. Spunbarg told his wife that he was experiencing severe pain in his testicles and abdomen. Upon arrival, Mr. Spunbarg walked into the emergency department while his wife parked the car. When Mrs. Spunbarg walked in the Kaiser Woodland Hills Emergency Department, she saw her husband sitting in the waiting area with other people. According to medical records he checked in at 11:27 p.m. on April 25, 2000. However, he did not receive an initialexam until 11:45 p.m. Mrs. Spunbarg told the receptionist in the emergency department that her husband had problems with his heart, was taking medication, and should be seen immediately. Mrs. Spunbarg was told by the receptionist that the emergency department was too busy and Mr. Spunbarg would have to wait. Read more at: http://fines.kaiserpapers.info/enforcement.html Widow testifies against Kaiser She says husband died because help was slow to arrive Desperate to find medical attention for her husband, a widow described in court yesterday how she had to slip into a restricted part of Kaiser's Woodland Hills emergency department to find a doctor or nurse to attend to her suffering husband. Janet E. O’Brien, MD, MSPH, MS http://www.lumetra.com/about-lumetra/index.aspx?id=342 District
Office Medical Consultant - possible conflict of interest http://businesspractices.kaiserpapers.info/kaiserconflictofinterest.html November 29, 2001 A federal judge has ordered the state's HMO czar to answer to potential contempt charges in connection with a $1.1 million fine the department levied against Kaiser Permanente. The judge's order comes just as Kaiser, headquartered in Oakland, prepares to appeal the fine -- the largest ever issued against a health maintenance organization in California -- on Tuesday in the state Office of Administrative Law in Oakland. "I am not going to abandon this case because of the threat of contempt," said Daniel Zingale, head of the state Department of Managed Health Care, who has been ordered to appear Dec. 10 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. http://kaiserpapers.info/victoria.html |