About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers ended a four-week strike after reaching a tentative agreement that includes measures to address chronic understaffing and wage increases. The full contract has not yet been ratified.
About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers plan to launch an open-ended strike over staffing shortages, wages and care access issues — potentially affecting dozens of hospitals and hundreds of clinics in California and Hawaii. While Kaiser blames unions for stalled negotiations, workers say the conflict reflects deeper concerns about patient safety, burnout and health systems’ shifting priorities.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Five Kaiser Permanente affiliates agreed to pay $556 million to settle allegations from the Department of Justice that they improperly inflated Medicare Advantage payments through inaccurate diagnosis coding. The case is one of the largest risk-adjustment settlements to date — and it signals continued federal scrutiny of the program.
Kaiser Permanente consolidated 12 EHR instances across California into two in a matter of hours without disrupting patient care. This project has simplified clinical workflows and improved data consistency, as well as provided a rare example of EHR consolidation executed successfully at scale, said Neil Cowles, the health system’s chief information and technology officer.
October has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Eli Lilly, CommonSpirit Health and HLM Venture Partners welcomed new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Genentech and Jefferson Health.
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers in California and Hawaii have gone on strike, demanding safer staffing levels and higher pay. The dispute underscores growing tensions in healthcare labor as unions raise concerns about patient safety, ongoing burnout and ever-increasing pay for executives.
In a recent interview, Esperion president and CEO, Sheldon Koenig talks about the reality of statin intolerance and his company’s expansion into new diseases
Over the past couple of years, ambient scribes have earned widespread adoption among health systems. While there's excitement around other categories like AI agents, no other AI use case has achieved ambient scribes’ level of traction, noted Daniel Yang, Kaiser Permanente’s vice president of AI and emerging technologies.
April has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, AdventHealth and DexCare both named new CEOs, and Crozer Health and UNC Health have undergone CEO exits. There were also layoffs at organizations including Aetna, Sanford Health and Caribou Biosciences.
Tufts University, Kaiser Permanente and several other healthcare organizations recently launched the Food is Medicine National Network of Excellence. The network aims to develop, assess and share the best practices in the food-is-medicine space.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Kaiser Permanente is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to its Risant Health experiment. The organization is currently on the prowl for more acquisition targets, Kaiser CEO Greg Adams said at HLTH.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, retirements, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Health systems across the country are launching enterprise-wide deployments of AI-powered clinical documentation tools. Hospital leaders agree that this technology reduces physician burnout, as well as allows physicians to have more meaningful and productive interactions with patients.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, retirements, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
While it it’s too early to judge the success of Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health, the company’s first two acquisitions show a commitment to adjoining organizations with a strong focus on population health — as well as a dedication to spreading Kaiser’s value-based care delivery models across the country.