Aug. 9, 2006 7:59 PM PT Share Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URLCopied! Print 1 California Transfer of Kaiser’s Kidney Patients Hits Major Delays Shifting them from the HMO transplant center to UC hospitals will take far longer than thought.Aug. 4, 2006 2 California U.S. Berates Kaiser Over Kidney Effort A withering report says the transplant program was poorly planned, staffed and run. The HMO does not admit or rebut the accusations.June 24, 2006 3 California Kaiser Halts Kidney Venture The HMO abruptly announces that it will transfer about 2,000 transplant patients back to UC hospitals. The details are unresolved.May 13, 2006 4 California Kaiser Official Apologizes Despite patients’ letters, area chief says she was unaware of problems in its transplant program.May 11, 2006 5 California State Steps In on Kaiser Transplants ‘They will do what patients want,’ a top regulator says. Those who were on the UC hospitals’ waiting list for kidneys may return.May 10, 2006 6 California Kaiser Transplant Patients Express Their Fear and Fury With reports of disarray added to their existing frustration, some don’t want the HMO performing their surgeries.May 6, 2006 7 California Kaiser Slow to Transfer Patients Before the HMO opened its kidney transplant center, it failed to alert regulators to the glut of crucial paperwork coming, officials say.May 5, 2006 8 California Kaiser Denied Transplants of Ideally Matched Kidneys The HMO would not authorize some patients to receive organs from outside its new program.May 4, 2006 9 California Kaiser Put Kidney Patients at Risk By opening its own transplant center in the Bay Area, the HMO harmed recipients’ odds of obtaining organs, a Times probe finds.May 3, 2006
