Kaiser Permanente
American integrated managed care company
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| 2024 | California Department of Managed Healthcare (DMHC) launched an investigation into Kaiser Permanente's contingency plans during the Southern California mental health strike, focusing on ensuring patient care standards were maintained. |
| October 21 2024 | 2,400 Kaiser Permanente Southern California mental health therapists, psychologists, and psychiatric nurses initiated a strike demanding adequate staffing, equitable pay, and restoration of pension benefits. |
| June 2024 | The medical school received full LCME accreditation, marking a significant milestone in its establishment. |
| June 2024 | The medical school received full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). |
| June 21 2024 | Risant Health announced its acquisition of Cone Health, a hospital system based in Greensboro, North Carolina. |
| 2023 | Launched the Health Information & Trust Initiative to track health misinformation in the U.S., analyze its impact, and mobilize media to address the problem. |
| November 9 2023 | A new four-year contract was ratified by 98.5% of the 85,000 members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, effectively ending the October strike. |
| October 13 2023 | Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative agreement with striking workers, which included setting minimum hourly wages at $25 in California and $23 in other states, and providing a 21% wage increase over four years. |
| October 4 2023 | Over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers initiated a nationwide strike, which became the largest health care worker strike in U.S. history, lasting until October 7, 2023. |
| April 2023 | Renamed Kaiser Health News (KHN) to KFF Health News to communicate its ownership by KFF. |
| April 26 2023 | Kaiser announced it would acquire Geisinger Health System, which would operate as an independent subsidiary under a new mixed-profit group called Risant Health. |
| January 1 2023 | At the beginning of 2023, The Permanente Medical Group had 11,225 medical professionals and 186 locations. |
| August 29 2022 | Approximately 50 mental health clinicians in Hawai'i commenced a 172-day strike, which became the longest mental health strike in U.S. history, to secure a first contract with Kaiser Permanente. |
| August 15 2022 | Nearly 2,000 mental health therapists in Northern California began a 10-week strike, concluding with a tentative agreement addressing patient care and staffing concerns at Kaiser Permanente. |
| November 13 2021 | Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Health Care Unions (AHCU), averting a planned strike by over 30,000 union members who were protesting staffing shortages and a proposed two-tier wage system. |
| August 2021 | The school admitted its second class of 50 students for the 2021-22 academic year, with an increased representation of underrepresented groups in medicine (40 percent). |
| July 2021 | The school received candidacy status from WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). |
| 2020 | Kaiser was cited twelve times by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and fined nearly $500,000 for COVID-19 related staff safety violations across California hospitals, representing over 10% of the state's total COVID violations. |
| 2020 | Kaiser San Leandro Medical Center received the largest portion of fines, nearly $90,000, for delays in reporting COVID infections and failure to properly ration medical equipment according to pandemic regulations. |
| 2020 | KFF analysis and polling focused heavily on the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | KFF Health News reporters were Pulitzer Prize finalists for investigative reporting on Social Security Administration benefit reductions and predatory bill collection by University of Virginia Health System. |
| December 25 2020 | A COVID-19 outbreak at Kaiser San Jose Medical Center sickened 92 people on Christmas Day, highlighting significant safety concerns during the pandemic. |
| August 2020 | Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine admitted its inaugural class of 50 students for the 2020-21 academic year, with a significant representation of underrepresented groups in medicine (36 percent). |
| July 2020 | Matriculated its inaugural class of 50 students, marking the first student intake for the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. |
| June 2020 | The medical school welcomed its inaugural class, with a commitment to waive tuition for the first five classes. |
| December 2019 | Greg A. Adams assumed the role of chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente. |
| November 2019 | Bernard J. Tyson passed away. |
| November 2019 | The medical school was renamed in honor of Bernard J. Tyson, late Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO. |
| November 11 2019 | Mental health clinicians and healthcare professionals held a five-day strike to protest staffing shortages and advocate for better patient care at Kaiser Permanente. |
| March 18 2019 | NUHW-represented mental health clinicians conducted a five-day strike addressing issues related to patient care and staffing at Kaiser Permanente. |
| February 2019 | The medical school received preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). |
| December 10 2018 | Around 4,000 mental health clinicians and other healthcare professionals in California participated in a five-day strike advocating for improved patient care and working conditions at Kaiser Permanente. |
| 2017 | Kaiser acquired Group Health Cooperative, which serves clients in Washington state. |
| 2017 | Mark Schuster was appointed as the founding dean and CEO of the medical school, bringing extensive research experience in healthcare topics from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. |
| December 2015 | Kaiser Permanente announced its plan to establish a new medical school, with a vision to redesign physician education focusing on patient-centered care, population health, quality improvement, team-based care, and health equity. |
| January 12 2015 | Approximately 2,600 mental health clinicians and 700 optical workers in California conducted a five-day strike to protest staffing shortages and patient care issues at Kaiser Permanente. |
| November 11 2014 | Approximately 18,000 nurses conducted a strike over Ebola safeguards and patient-care standards during union contract negotiations, impacting 21 hospitals and 35 clinics in Northern California. |
| 2013 | The Ohio division was sold to Catholic Health Partners. |
| December 2013 | George Halvorson retired as chairman and CEO. |
| 2012 | Kaiser Permanente continued to experience labor strikes involving various healthcare professionals. |
| November 5 2012 | Board of directors announced Bernard J. Tyson as the new chairman, becoming the first African American to hold this position. |
| 2011 | Kaiser Permanente experienced labor strikes involving nurses, mental health providers, and other professionals. The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) accused Kaiser of stalling negotiations while the organization reported $2.1 billion in profits and paid CEO George Halvorson $9 million annually. |
| 2010 | KFF began providing resources for consumers about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including animated videos explaining health insurance law and a cost estimation calculator. |
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