Complete Kaiser Transplant Coverage
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Shifting them from the HMO transplant center to UC hospitals will take far longer than thought.
Aug. 4, 2006
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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
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The HMO abruptly announces that it will transfer about 2,000 transplant patients back to UC hospitals. The details are unresolved.
May 13, 2006
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Despite patients’ letters, area chief says she was unaware of problems in its transplant program.
May 11, 2006
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‘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
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With reports of disarray added to their existing frustration, some don’t want the HMO performing their surgeries.
May 6, 2006
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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
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The HMO would not authorize some patients to receive organs from outside its new program.
May 4, 2006
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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
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