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On December 4, 2015, it was announced that Group Health would be acquired by Kaiser Permanente. [2] In January 2017 Washington State regulators endorsed the acquisition of Group Health by Kaiser Permanente. The acquisition resulted in a newly formed not-for-profit 501(c)(4) under the name Group Health Community Foundation (GHCF). [11]
In 2014, a bill was introduced to replace the elected commissioner with a 10-person board which would hire the commissioner. [2] It was passed in both houses but vetoed by Governor Jay Inslee. [3] In 2015, the office denied applications by a number of association health plans, resulting in a legal dispute with those affected. [4]
Having overseen Kaiser Permanente's successful transformation from Henry Kaiser's health care experiment into a large-scale self-sustaining enterprise, Keene retired in 1975. [50] By 1976, membership reached three million. In 1977, all six of Kaiser Permanente's regions had become federally qualified health maintenance organizations.
The state Office of the Insurance Commissioner encourages Washington residents with questions about the transparency rule to contact the state agency at (800) 562-6900.
Kreidler has focused on health reform most of his career and worked to implement the Affordable Care Act in Washington state. He was the first insurance commissioner [10] to reject President Obama's proposal to give insurers another year to sell pre-Affordable Care Act plans and testified before Congress on the law's impact on Washington state.
Oct. 30—Health care giant Kaiser Permanente and its Washington workers have reached a tentative contract just days before a scheduled strike statewide. Details of the four-year labor contract ...
Mar. 6—Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced Wednesday that he sent letters to insurers in the Spokane area urging them to make it easier for victims to file claims ...
This legislation's strong governance model and public-private structure provided an innovative approach that other states would adopt in creating their own exchanges. The Exchange has a close working relationship with the Washington State Health Care Authority, Office of the Insurance Commissioner, and the Department of Social and Health Services.