Investigators found syringes, drugs, body fluids and health records of 7,700 patients in unsecured waste bins to be dumped at landfills.
Kaiser’s health plan and foundation hospitals will pay $49 million to settle claims brought by the state Department of Justice and six county district attorneys that it illegally disposed of hazardous medical waste and protected patient health information, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday.
The settlement is the result of undercover inspections conducted by the district attorneys’ offices of dumpsters from 16 different Kaiser facilities. During those inspections, the district attorneys’ offices examined contents of unsecured dumpsters destined for disposal at publicly accessible landfills.
The Department of Justice joined the district attorneys and expanded the investigation of Kaiser’s disposal practices further throughout the state. Kaiser hired a consultant and conducted over 1,100 trash audits at its facilities in an effort to improve compliance, and also modified its operating procedures to improve its handling, storage, and disposal of waste.
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