Kaiser Permanente must overhaul behavioral health care services and pay a $50 million fine under a settlement agreement announced Thursday by the California Department of Managed Health Care.
Under the settlement, Kaiser will also make investments totaling $150 million over five years toward improving behavioral health care services. Gov. Gavin Newsom praised the settlement on Thursday, saying it will give Kaiser enrollees full and timely access to services they are entitled to under state law. 'Today's actions represent a tectonic shift in terms of our accountability on the delivery of behavioral health services,' Newsom said.
The settlement was welcomed by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents the more than 4,000 psychologists, social workers and marriage and family therapists employed by Kaiser Permanente in California. 'This settlement is a monumental victory for Kaiser Permanente patients and its mental health therapists who have waged multiple strikes over the past decade to make Kaiser fix its broken behavioral healthcare system,' said Sal Rosselli, president of the union.
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