Kaiser Medical Malpractice Cases

The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan is the largest provider of health services in California, with about one in four of insured Californians covered by Kaiser. Most Kaiser members are enrolled through their employer, although some are direct enrollees and others are placed with Kaiser through the state's Medi-Cal program.

Kaiser is divided into three separate entities - the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc. and the Permanente Medical Group. The Health Plan is like other health insurance plans that collect premiums and pay for the medical services provided to its members. However, unlike other health plans like Blue Cross or Aetna, the Kaiser Health maintains an exclusive contract with the Kaiser Hospitals for hospital care and the Permanente Medical Group for physician care. Both the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc. are non-profit corporations, but the Permanente Medical Group is a for-profit entity where its physician members share in the profit at the end of the year. In Northern California, the Permanente Medical Group is a corporation with physicians as employees. In Southern California, the Permanente Medical Group is a partnership with both physician partners and other physicians as employees.

For more information about Kaiser medical malpractice cases and those that we handle throughout the state of California, please visit our Kaiser Medical Malpractice website.

Click here to watch a brief video regarding Kaiser lawsuits featuring Dr. Fagel.