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Kaiser Permanente
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Kaiser Permanente is a premier health solution provider in America. This leading company has the credit of serving for about 60 glorious years. Caring throughout eight regions in the United States, Kaiser Permanente, the physicians and leaders and leaders have made a mark in the providing quality service.
The organization of Kaiser Permanente is based in Oakland, California.
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield founded Kaiser Permanente in 1945.
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This integrated managed care organization consists of the following entities:
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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and its regional operating organizations
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Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
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Permanente Medical Groups
Kaiser Permanente is functioning in nine states and Washington, D.C. Kaiser Permanente can take pride in being the largest managed care organization in the United States.
Kaiser Permanente can boast of the following:
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148,884 employees
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8.5 million health plan members
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12,879 physicians
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400 medical offices
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37 medical centers
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$31.1 billion in annual operating revenues
Kaiser Permanente offers prepaid health plans for the individuals, employees and employers. The health plans of Kaiser Permanente are non-profit. Kaiser Permanente medical groups are owned by physicians and offer medical care for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan members. The medical groups are professional corporations. They receive the funding from Kaiser Foundation Health Plans.
Mr. Halvorson and thirteen other members make the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospital Board of Directors.
The quality of service and way of operation in Kaiser Permanente has been greatly appreciated in international field. Some aspects of Kaiser Permanente have impressed the department of health of the UK.
The Medical Groups in Kaiser Permanente are with different organizational structures. All of the medical groups are headed by the executive director or executive medical director who is a physician executive. This executive director or executive medical director is bound to report to the board of directors. The physician-owners of the medical group comprise the board of directors.
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