Friday, March 22, 2013

Kaiser Mental Health Care Report: California Regulators Slam Hospital Giant For 'Serious' Deficiencies

Huffington Post
A report released earlier this week by the California Department of Managed Health Care slammed Kaiser Permanente, one of the state's largest health care providers, for numerous problems in the way it handles mental health coverage for more than 6.8 million plan members. "These deficiencies are serious," Shelly Rouillard, the department's chief deputy director, told The Huffington Post. "We want to ensure that consumers are getting the care they need when they need it, and, in some cases, we found that wasn't happening."