Monday, June 02, 2008

The Secret Kaiser/PPH Agreement (Redacted!)

The Paper recently forwarded a redacted copy of the secret Kaiser Agreement to me. I have since found out that other media outlets had received copies of the secret Kaiser Agreement before The Paper received it in response to the public records requests, namely the North County Times in February, and the Union Tribune in April. Neither the NCTimes nor the UT have reported on the secret Kaiser Agreement.

PPH has refused to provide me with any part of the Kaiser Agreement for over 2 years!
http://civics.robroy.cc/PPH-KAgmtDenial1.pdf January 31, 2006.

The redacted secret Kaiser/PPH agreement is available at this link:
http://civics.robroy.cc/ka.html

To date, the Paper is the only media outlet to inform the public of the redacted secret Kaiser Agreement:
"Redacted Kaiser/PPH Agreement Released
In response to a recent public records request made by The Paper, Palomar Pomerado Health has provided a redacted (blacked out) version of a Hospital Services Agreement between Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Palomar Pomerado Health effective February 1, 2004.
The 4-year old Kaiser/PPH Agreement is 73 pages. About 12% of the Kaiser/PPH Agreement was redacted. An attached set of Appendices includes an additional 60 pages. About 58% of the Appendices was redacted. A copy of the Kaiser/PPH agreement is available on the web at: http://civics.robroy.cc/ka.html
The details of the Kaiser/PPH Agreement will be reported after more study of this information and will be published in The Paper, when completed."


Interesing parts of the Kaiser/PPH Agreement:

15.7 Consultation andCooperation
The parties shall consult with each other regarding any issue pertaining to the Agreement which causes media interest or a party's concern about public relations, and the parties shall cooperate in developing any statement or press releases in connection with any such issue. . . .

8.10.2(c) If the Receiving Party . . . is requested (by . . . requests for public records under Government Code ยง 6250 et seq., . . . ) to disclose any Confidential Information, that party shall . . . give the other party prompt written notice of the request . . . at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to making such disclosure, so that the other party may seek a protective order . . .

2.6 Capacity {Completely Redacted}
7.6 PMC Expanded Facilities Design {Completely Redacted}
7.7 Clinical and Administrative Office Space Leasing {Completely Redacted}
7.8 Additional Facilities {Completely Redacted}

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