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Kaiser Permanente (/ ˈ k aɪ z ər p ɜːr m ə ˈ n ɛ n t eɪ /; KP) is an American integrated managed care consortium headquartered in Oakland, California.Founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield, the organization was initially established to provide medical services at Kaiser's shipyards, steel mills and other facilities, before being opened to the ...
Kaiser Fontana Medical Center; Kaiser Oakland Medical Center; Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (Hayward, California) Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (San Leandro, California) Kaiser Richmond Field Hospital; Kaiser Richmond Medical Center; Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center; Kaiser San Jose Medical Center; Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
Provider-sponsored health plans can form integrated delivery systems; the largest of these as of 2015 was Kaiser Permanente. [30] Kaiser Permanente was the highest-ranked commercial plan by consumer satisfaction in 2018 [31] with a different survey finding it tied with Humana. [32]
Examples of IDNs include Highmark Health, [3] Kaiser Permanente, [4] UPMC, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Geisinger Health System, Jefferson Health, and Intermountain Healthcare. [ citation needed ] Five factors that can be used to assess the advancement level of a particular IDN include provider alignment, continuum of care, regional presence ...
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
Opened in 1975, the Kaiser Permanente owned facility is licensed for 233 hospital beds. Located in the Portland metropolitan area along Interstate 205 on the eastside, after Bess Kaiser Hospital in north Portland closed, it was Kaiser's only hospital in the Portland area until Westside Medical Center opened in 2013. [ 1 ]
Kaiser Permanente is an example of a captive group model HMO rather than a staff model HMO, as is commonly believed. An HMO may also contract with an existing, independent group practice ("independent group model"), which will generally continue to treat non-HMO patients.
Kaiser Permanente had about 50% of the market, followed by Blue Shield of California, Anthem Blue Cross, and Health Net (a subsidiary of Centene). [9] L.A. Care was among the top six in 2015, and the largest county-based insurer. [9] As of 2017, UnitedHealthcare was sixth-largest. [10]