Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance

About Kaiser Permanente

At Kaiser Permanente, everything we do centers around you. As a member, you can work with your primary care physician to develop a personalized plan focusing on wellness and prevention to help you achieve your health goals. You'll also have access to member programs designed to help you be healthy, stay fit, and feel your best.

Kaiser Permanente is composed of Kaiser Foundation Health Plans (nonprofit, public-benefit corporations), Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (a nonprofit, public-benefit corporation), and the Permanente Medical Groups (for-profit professional organizations). The largest nonprofit health plan in the United States, Kaiser Permanente serves 8.7 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia.

What makes us unique is our integrated model of health care delivery.We are an integrated health delivery system, which means that we provide and coordinate the entire scope of care for our members, including:

preventive care

well-baby and prenatal care

immunizations

emergency care

screening diagnostics

hospital and medical services

pharmacy services

As a nonprofit health plan, we are driven by the needs of our members rather than the needs of shareholders. We also believe that we have a responsibility to serve the communities in which we operate. Some of our community activities include:

providing assistance to the uninsured and special populations

training new health professionals

introducing new delivery methods into the health care field

developing and sharing better ways of caring for patients

Kaiser Permanente offers individual and family coverage for individuals who may be: self-employed, working for a company that does not offer a group plan, a student or recent graduate, overage or not covered on their parent's plan, between jobs, waiting for an employer's group coverage to begin, a part-time employee who isn't eligible for group coverage, or an early retiree.

Here are just a few of the advantages Kaiser Permanente offers members:

Our commitment that you're in control of your health care decisions

A diverse choice of plans and plan types

Protection when you need it, as well as coverage for routine preventive health care needs

Special services for members only, such as online access to your personal health record, e-mail connection with your doctor's office, and online prescription refills

Products and services targeted specifically to individuals, as well as to small, mid-sized, and large employers, plus Medicare-eligible individuals

The trust and recognition that comes from decades of service to the communities we serve

Strong, stable financial performance year after year, augmented by our reinvestment of earnings into our care delivery model and our community health programs

Our integrated health care system means that our doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals are all focused on one goal - our patients' well-being. Since the Health Plan is integrated into health care delivery through our hospitals and medical offices, our doctors are empowered to work with you on vital decisions about your treatment without needing to defer to an outside decision-maker, such as an unrelated insurance company, for an approval - or denial - of care.

Kaiser Health Care Network and Coverage

Founded In: 1945
Kaiser Permanente is a nonprofit, group-practice health plan with headquarters in Oakland, California. Kaiser Permanente aspires to be the world leader in improving health through high-quality, integrated health care. We are best known for our strong social purpose, our physicians' responsibility for clinical care, and an enduring cooperation between the Health Plan and our medical groups.
Coverage area:
California: Capital, Central, East Bay, Golden Gate, North East Bay, South Bay, Coachella Valley, Inland Empire, metropolitan Los Angeles/West Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego County, The Valleys, Tri-Central, Western Ventura County
Colorado: Denver, Boulder
Georgia: metropolitan Atlanta
Hawaii: Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai, Maui
Mid-Atlantic: Baltimore, northern Virginia, Washington, D.C.
Oregon: Portland, Longview-Vancouver, Salem
Ohio: Akron, Cleveland
Membership: 8.7 million
Network: Medical centers: 32, Medical offices: 416, Physicians: 13,729
Multilingual capabilities: At Kaiser Permanente, Spanish-speaking customer service representatives are available for members, as are licensed sales representatives for prospective members. Other language capabilities may be available upon request. Multilingual capabilities are also frequently available at our medical offices.