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Report: Kaiser Patients Wait Too Long for Mental Health Care

KQED News Staff

Mar 20, 2013 at

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A state regulator says Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente is failing to provide timely access to mental health treatment. At some clinics, patients are waiting longer than the legal limit of 10 days for appointments. The regulator, California's Department of Managed Health Care, will follow up in six months.

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