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Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente was founded more than a half-century ago by Sidney Garfield, MD, and Henry J. Kaiser to provide medical and hospital services to Kaiser shipyard and steel mill workers. It was one of the first health programs to offer such comprehensive healthcare services on a prepaid basis. The same innovative spirit also drives the nation's largest nonprofit health care organization today-a nonprofit health plan that is guided by physicians and focused on providing high quality care to our members.

We're where our members need us to be
  • We provide health care in nine states and the District of Columbia.
  • We serve 8.7 million members nationwide, including 6.5 million members in California.
  • In California, more than 9,000 physicians provide care at over 300 medical offices and 50 medical centers.

You and your medical team manage your care
  • Physicians have the final say on your prescriptions for medically necessary drugs.
  • You can choose or change your personal physician for any reason.
  • Your Kaiser Permanente physician can easily refer you to a Plan specialist.

Our Health care professionals are dedicated to excellence
  • We're selective about the physicians we hire. In California, only one of every ten applicants is chosen to become a Kaiser Permanente physician.
  • A number of our physicians have national reputations, and some teach at leading universities.
  • Kaiser Permanente's of California Regions earned "Excellent" ratings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the nation's leading reviewer of health plan quality for consumers and employers. "Excellent" is the top rating granted by NCQA, which reviews satisfaction surveys, preventive measures, physician credentialing, member services, and improvement initiatives.*
*Commercial HMO and Medicare-contracted product lines. Northern California: April 2003; Southern California: May 2003

What began as an innovation in health care nearly 60 years ago has become the model for health care for the twenty-first century. The innovative health plan that's convenient, affordable, and totally dedicated to your health and well-being-that's Kaiser Permanente.

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