Kaiser Permanente to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for workers, physicians
and last updated 2021-08-03 02:21:08-04
(KGTV) Kaiser Permanente will make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all employees and physicians, the healthcare system announced Monday.
According to the organization, nearly 78 percent of employees and over 95 percent of physicians have been fully vaccinated as of July 31.
Kaiser has set a target date of September 30 to âachieve a fully vaccinated workforce.â
âUnvaccinated employees and physicians will be required to become fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or apply for medical or religious exemption,â the organization said.
Kaiser also said itâs working with labor unions to implement an employee vaccination mandate.
Kaiser Permanente mandates COVID-19 vaccine for all employees, physicians
By Mary Stringini
LOS ANGELES - Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles County s largest private employer, has joined the growing list of private companies mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees and physicians.
The company said it has set a target date of September 30 to have all employees fully vaccinated.
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. As the country s largest integrated care delivery system, we feel it is our responsibility to do everything we can to help bring an end to the pandemic, especially in light of the dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases from the highly infectious Delta variant, said Greg A. Adams, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, Inc.
Updated on August 3, 2021 at 12:57 am
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Kaiser Permanente officials announced Monday that the health care provider will mandate all of its employees nationwide get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of September.
Roughly 78% of Kaiser employees and more than 95% of Kaiser physicians are already fully vaccinated as of July 31, according to Kaiser officials. The health care provider set a deadline of Sept. 30 for all of its employees to get fully vaccinated.
Michelle Gaskill-Hames, Kaiser s senior vice president for hospital and health plan operations in Northern California, said Kaiser has worked with the labor unions representing its employees to craft the vaccine requirement and both sides did so with an emphasis on maintaining employee safety.
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Nolan Chang, MD, appointed to National Permanente Leadership Team
January 21, 2021 GMT
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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Permanente Federation has appointed Nolan Chang, MD, to its National Permanente Leadership Team (NPLT) as executive vice president of Strategy, Corporate Development, and Finance. The NPLT leads the national work of the 8 Permanente Medical Groups (PMGs) and their more than 23,000 physicians. The Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals together comprise Kaiser Permanente.
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As a member of the NPLT, Dr. Chang assumes a wide range of governance and leadership responsibilities for strategy, corporate development, finance, labor, documentation, and coding. Dr. Chang will continue to serve as regional medical director for business