Robert Garrova covers criminal justice for the LAist and KPCC newsroom.
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Kaiser has said repeatedly that its patients would be connected with outside service providers and that their treatment would not be interrupted. But the union that represents the mental health workers claimed last week in a complaint to state regulators that Kaiser had “systematically canceled psychotherapy groups for thousands of enrollees across its Southern California region” since the strike began.
Both sides seem to agree that patient needs are most important, but they disagree on whether those needs are being met effectively during the strike.the National Union of Healthcare Workers alerted the state Department of Managed Healthcare to what it described as Kaiser's"mass cancellation of psychotherapy groups across it's Southern California region.
The union said Kaiser offered patients an opportunity to join other therapy groups, but they focused mainly on more generalized anxiety. The union argued that those groups provide less support for new mothers. For example, they might be less receptive to mothers who need to bring their newborns to the sessions.
Kaiser said it continues to communicate with state regulators during the strike to make sure its contingency plan is working.
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