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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Kaiser Permanente pharmacists are gearing up for a imaginable week-long onslaught opening Monday.
Kaiser and the Guild For Professional Pharmacists were negotiating Sunday up of a deadline with the section units representing pharmacists successful Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, arsenic good arsenic a radical of engineers.
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Just connected Saturday, Kaiser announced it had reached a tentative agreement, abstracted from Sunday’s dialog efforts, with tens of thousands of national workers successful 8 states, including California, to avert a strike.
In a connection Sunday, Kaiser Permanente said:
We are precise pleased that Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions person reached a tentative agreement. In Northern California, the antecedently announced onslaught by carnal therapists, code therapists, and occupational therapists to statesman Nov. 22 volition not occur, arsenic we person reached a tentative statement with UNAC, the national that represents these employees.
Kaiser Permanente has not been informed of immoderate changes to Pharmacy Guild oregon Local 39 Operating Engineers onslaught plans and our contingency plans stay successful effect. We are continuing to bargain successful bully religion with the Guild for Professional Pharmacists and Local 39 Operating Engineers and anticipation to scope agreements precise soon.
Monday’s impending onslaught among the pharmacists and engineers wrong the wellness attraction web could impact thousands of workers. A large interest with the onslaught has been the interaction connected patients’ quality to get their medicine medications.
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Kaiser told CBS13 that, should a onslaught occur, its outpatient pharmacies would beryllium closed from November 15-22. The wellness attraction web said different retail pharmacies and message transportation services would beryllium options during that timeframe. They said:
If a subordinate does not request their refill close away, our outpatient pharmacies volition reopen connected the greeting of Monday, November 22. Our Mail Delivery pharmacy volition stay unfastened during the strike. In the lawsuit an urgent medicine is needed during the outpatient pharmacy closure, Kaiser Permanente unit volition supply members with absorption connected however to capable their medicine astatine a retail pharmacy. Hospital pharmacies for inpatient attraction and captious infusion services volition stay successful operation. Members should check kp.org for much information starting November 15.
In the lawsuit patients would request to spell to a retail pharmacy to prime up a prescription, Kaiser said they volition beryllium charged their regular co-pay.
All of Kaiser’s hospitals and exigency rooms volition stay operating if the onslaught does occur, but different services, similar laboratory and radiology, and procedures could beryllium impacted.
“Some aesculapian appointments oregon procedures whitethorn beryllium affected, and we volition scope retired to patients successful beforehand to reschedule if that is needed,” Kaiser Permanente said. “We besides promote members to docket an assignment should they request laboratory oregon radiology services during the adjacent week.
Kaiser says galore of their members volition enactment without wage passim the onslaught to assistance patients get their medications and conscionable their needs.
CBS13 Staff
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