Comments on: To make a pretty penny. http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475 FixKP: the unofficial Kaiser Permanente blog at blog.fixkp.org Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:28:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: justen :: Kaiser Permanente’s rubber-stamp board. http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475/comment-page-1#comment-4837 justen :: Kaiser Permanente’s rubber-stamp board. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:20:21 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475#comment-4837 [...] hired and (surprise!) kept by Mr. Halvorson to manage the organization’s ethics department (amid much controversy). Although Mr. Garcia was an independent director when he hired George Halvorson, he is now [...] [...] hired and (surprise!) kept by Mr. Halvorson to manage the organization’s ethics department (amid much controversy). Although Mr. Garcia was an independent director when he hired George Halvorson, he is now [...]

]]> By: » Lack of accountability: Christine Cassel. justen: justen deal · blog http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475/comment-page-1#comment-4824 » Lack of accountability: Christine Cassel. justen: justen deal · blog Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:24:26 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475#comment-4824 [...] this year, we found out that Kaiser Permanente board members are making, on average, at least $124,000 for about 40 hours [...] [...] this year, we found out that Kaiser Permanente board members are making, on average, at least $124,000 for about 40 hours [...]

]]> By: Dafydd http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475/comment-page-1#comment-4840 Dafydd Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:55:04 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475#comment-4840 You're a courageous man -- I'm proud of you -- Dave You’re a courageous man — I’m proud of you — Dave

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475/comment-page-1#comment-4842 Anonymous Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:56:40 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475#comment-4842 Hi Justen.<br/><br/>Glad to see you're still keeping this blog. Congratulations on getting your story in the WSJ! I know it's NOT about press time for you, it's about the issue; but, still, congrats are in order for helping bring the proper attention to this situation.<br/><br/>As for the BOD and their "hourly rate," you should also factor in the time spent in between meetings. I don't know the Kaiser BOD structure but I'd bet there are subcommittee meetings to attend, in-between meeting phone calls, reports to read, etc. So, in all fairness, the amount of time that they spend IN meetings is just a part of the overall, total time a BOD member spends serving.<br/><br/>Granted, that out of meeting time is probably STILL not a lot, if they're only in meetings for 40 or less hours a year.<br/><br/>Keep up the good work. When will you turn your attention to the Liver Transplant debaucle that happened last year at Kaiser Northern Cal? Now there's another story..... Hi Justen.

Glad to see you’re still keeping this blog. Congratulations on getting your story in the WSJ! I know it’s NOT about press time for you, it’s about the issue; but, still, congrats are in order for helping bring the proper attention to this situation.

As for the BOD and their “hourly rate,” you should also factor in the time spent in between meetings. I don’t know the Kaiser BOD structure but I’d bet there are subcommittee meetings to attend, in-between meeting phone calls, reports to read, etc. So, in all fairness, the amount of time that they spend IN meetings is just a part of the overall, total time a BOD member spends serving.

Granted, that out of meeting time is probably STILL not a lot, if they’re only in meetings for 40 or less hours a year.

Keep up the good work. When will you turn your attention to the Liver Transplant debaucle that happened last year at Kaiser Northern Cal? Now there’s another story…..

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475/comment-page-1#comment-4841 Anonymous Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:38:20 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475#comment-4841 BTW, Bruce Turkstra's exit was announced today...effective April 30th. BTW, Bruce Turkstra’s exit was announced today…effective April 30th.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475/comment-page-1#comment-4843 Anonymous Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:45:38 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/04/03/to-make-a-pretty-penny/475#comment-4843 Why is Kaiser hiring these people who haven't had a job recently? Why is Kaiser hiring these people who haven’t had a job recently?

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