Missing Livermore man found dazed near Lake Merritt Family grateful but may sue treatment facility By Roman Gokhman, STAFF WRITER 11/06/2007 mirrored here for historical purposes from: https://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_7276086 [The company that operates Casa Phoenix under contract with Kaiser Permanente, Concord-based … Continue reading →
Theodore Winston, a senior citizen (age 87), and long term Kaiser patient suffered a small, non-terminal stroke. Kaiser immediately attempted to coerce the family into placing him into their hospice program. At one point the Kaiser system “patient dumped” Mr. … Continue reading →
Kenneth Sigelman, the lawyer for Barris, said that the current boom in managed health care is increasing pressure on hospitals to move patients elsewhere if they produce little or no revenue.
“This was a child who died not because a doctor didn’t know what do do,” he said, “but because of administrative reasons.”
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