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Kaiser's emergency procedures under fire in statewide suits

By Richard Binder

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The Sacramento region's largest health care provider, Kaiser Permanente, runs a special, doctor-to-doctor call operation that has become a target of legal actions alleging malpractice and failure to pay claims.

The doctors' telephone hub, unique in California medical care, has drawn legal criticism at the same time the state is investigating allegations that Kaiser's much larger customer call center lets unlicensed staffers make medical decisions.

Both are examples of streamlining medical care in ways some Kaiser members defend for keeping their health expenses down, but others criticize as callous or dangerous.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on February 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

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