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Kaiser Permanente's 2600 California Mental Health Clinicians to Launch Strike
Thousands of mental health clinicians with Oakland, California-based Kaiser Permanente are planning a statewide, weeklong strike on claims that Kaiser does not adequately staff its psychiatric departments.
Thousands of mental health clinicians with Oakland, California-based Kaiser Permanente are planning to strike, according to the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW).
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The statewide, weeklong strike, which involves 2600 psychologists, therapists, and social workers represented by the NUHW, is slated to begin January 12.
The workers claim Kaiser has not provided members with mental health services that are good and timely, and specifically, that Kaiser does not adequately staff its psychiatric departments, according to a news release.
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Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Kaiser Permanente was hit by a data breach in mid-April, impacting 13.4 million health plan members; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sued Pfizer and BioNTech for allegedly infringing on its messenger RNA technology patents in the companies’ COVID-19 vaccines; the CDC announced the first-known HIV cases transmitted via cosmetic injections.
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Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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