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  Kaiser Permanente

  2101 E Jefferson St Rockville, MD 20852-4908

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  5100 Auth Way Camp Springs, MD 20746-4207

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  Kaiser Permanente

  12255 Fair Lakes Pkwy Fairfax, VA 22033-3952

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  Kaiser Permanente

  PO Box 6611 Rockville, MD 20849-6611

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  700 2nd St NE Washington, DC 20002-8100

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:05/19/2023

  Type:Order Issues
  Status:

  UnansweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Kaiser has gone downhill the last five years. Their level of care is more focused on their contracts and what money they can take rather than the patient’s health. I use a CPAP machine and I have had a horrible interactions and dealings with ***** but Kaiser refuses to allow me to get my materials from ******* on medical who does get me my stuff. It doesn’t bill me for things they never delivered or make me sit on the phone for hours and then lie about it. Apria claims they called me recently and they did not. Kaiser does not follow up. Kaiser canceled my order that I had with ******* Home medical and I’ve been using the same hose, and same mask for nearly a year now. It has a tear in the mask and I’m getting illnesses from the mask. Kaiser does not care. I’ve had people put in referrals for ******* home medical, but Kaiser keeps canceling them. I am absolutely furious because this has happened more than three times, and they refused to listen. They refused to listen to the patient’s care that they would like and instead trying to focus on some stupid contract that they have instead of helping people get better. They ignore the patients. They don’t care about the patients. In the last five years, Kaiser‘s service has gone massively downhill. They raise the prices of tests and medication’s, but God forbid you need supplies and they’ll tell you know. I’m so sick and tired of this company. I’m so sick and tired of the way they treat people. Somebody really needs to look into this company because it’s shady business dealings. I want my freaking hose, masks, filters, and everything else. I want my year supply, because God knows they’ll never do anything else. I want to speak to the head of Kaiser Permanente, and I wanna speak to the head of the eastern coast of Kaiser Permanente. Enough of these games. I do not want to have any interaction with ***** whatsoever. I don’t want to be getting supplies from them. ******* home medical only.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:03/22/2023

  Type:Billing Issues
  Status:

  UnansweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  We made a payment for a healthcare bill from Kaiser on July 12, 2022, in the amount of $1893.94 from my wife's *************/********* HSA account. The payment never posted to our Kaiser account. We followed up and provided them with the proof of the transaction (provided to us by ************) via fax in September 2022. We did so again in November, December, and January. The most recent was a fax on March 10, 2023. We have never once received a call, email, or letter about it. Every attempt from us to follow up results in the same, "we will look into it. Give us a call next week." For six months. Kaiser states that the Lost Payment Department does not have a telephone number so we never actually speak with anyone other than a regular customer service representative. That rep usually ends up speaking to a supervisor, who then tells them they will look into it and we should call back. We have never been allowed to speak to a supervisor. They owe us $1893.94 and are non-responsive, so we are at a loss as to what to do here. The most recent fax is attached. Sincerely, *******************

• Initial Complaint

  Date:03/06/2023

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  My name is *********************. I have been dealing with Crohns Disease since the age of 16, and was diagnosed by a professional gastroenterologist at Kaiser Permanente. My main location is at the ******************* location in Woodbridge, but I also frequented the Springfield and Tysons location for MRIs or doctor visits, and ***** to receive infusions for my illness. My illness is chronic and life-long. I was originally on infusions that took place every 4-6 weeks where I had a $30 copay. We fell behind on paying these medical bills as I had the copays billed. Was not working adequately at the time, and could not afford the medical payments. My father who is the insurance carrier from his place of employment, has me listed as one of his dependents and I have Kaiser through him. Because of the medical payments piling, my father spoke to the human resources and billing department of Kaiser in person, and informed them we need assistance. They agreed as my illness is life-long and I need numerous types of medication at a time. I am on many oral-pills as well as my main medication. I was told by a Kaiser worker from human resources and billing because of my condition and our income and all the other factors of my disability, Kaiser would place me in a program that renews every year where I do not pay for my medicine, any prescription, or my in-person visits (copays.) They stated I would be eligible and accepted, but need to renew the program every year. This year when I attempted to renew the program, even after they stated I would be eligible, they did not renew me. My body grew antibodies to the infusions I was initially in and I now do weekly injections that cost $25 a box. I am required to take them to keep my illness at a tolerable level. I cannot keep affording my medicine and in-person visits; I need Kaiser to re-enroll me in the program where I do not pay again. My illness is very much present and the expenses are eating at me.

  Business Response

  Date: 03/24/2023

  The member applied for Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) in October 2022. The Health Plan mailed a letter to the member on October 12, 2022, requesting household proof of income. The member did not return any income information within 30 days, so her application was denied.
  
  The member is eligible to reapply again and can do so by visiting kp.org/mfa. She will need to provide proof of income for the entire household, as she indicated that there were 3 people in the household.
  
  The member was contacted on March 23, 2023, to provide the aforementioned information, but she could not be reached at the phone number we have listed.
  
  On behalf of the Health Plan, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued member. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to and address her concerns.
  Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. 
  
  Thank you,
  
  Nika W****
  Member Retention Specialist
  
  

• Initial Complaint

  Date:08/11/2022

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  UnansweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I needed a medication renewal. Doctor filled it out wrong. I received 3/6 items and was charged a high copay of $110 for a generic med. They will not give me the 3 I'm owed at No cost despite my doctor admitting to mistake. They said they called the pharmacy and that member services would need to fix. Member service says pharmacy needs to fix. Round and round we go.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:07/26/2022

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  UnansweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I have only had this insurance for a couple of weeks and ever since i have had them they are complete joke. I been trying to get my prescription taken care of and all they do is keep giving it lies and gov e you the run around. I told them what the severity of the situation and that i needed my medication but they don’t a crap. Everyone in this company will not help you and they will send you to one department to another. So thanks to them i don’t have none of prescription/ medication. I want them to be investigated by the proper people. I will never recommend them to no one in the future because all they will do is screw you over and act like they care in which they don’t