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Kaiser to cut 1,200 jobs in Northern California

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Kaiser Permanente on Tuesday disclosed plans to eliminate 1,200 jobs in Northern California (about 2 percent of its Northern California workforce), citing uncertainties over the economy, federal health care legislation and shrinking reimbursements for Medicare.

The jobs will be eliminated in the Bay Area, the Sacramento region, and the Central Valley area south to Fresno, Kaiser spokesman Jim Caroompas said.

Roughly one-third of the affected positions are temporary, on-call, or short-hour positions. All 1,200 of the positions are unionized.

Source: The Oakland Tribune

Posted in California, Health insurance, Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Medical, US, pharmaceuticals | 1 Comment »

Kaiser to cut 860 information technology jobs

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

According to SFGate: “Kaiser Permanente is cutting 860 information technology jobs nationwide under a realignment that includes a $500 million deal giving IBM management duties at Kaiser’s medical records data centers.”

“The Oakland health maintenance organization, which has spent as much as $5 billion over the past five years building up its electronic records system, said Monday it has inked a seven-year deal with IBM to maximize the performance of its data processing units.”

“In a separate action, Kaiser is eliminating an additional 160 information technology jobs scattered across 30 locations as it pares back spending due to the impact of the economic downturn.”

“Of the 700 staffers affected by the IBM deal, 500 work at one of the California data centers, which are located in Pasadena, Corona, Napa, Walnut Creek and Irvine”

~News submitted by Jack R.

Posted in Health insurance, Healthcare, IBM, IT, IT consulting, Kaiser Permanente, Medical, Services, Technology, US, outsourcing, software | 32 Comments »

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