Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the NW in Washington

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest

At Kaiser Permanente, everything we do centers around you. As a member, you can work with your primary care provider 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 Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest offers individual and family coverage for individuals who may be: self-employed, working for a company that does not offer a group plan, students or recent graduates who are over age or not covered on a 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 we offer our members:

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

A diverse choice of affordable 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, online prescription refills, and more

Products and services targeted specifically to individuals, as well as to small, mid-size, 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 we are an integrated health care delivery system, our doctors working in our hospitals and medical offices, are empowered to work with you to help you achieve good health.

Overview

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

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

Facts at a Glance

Founded in 1945, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan is a nonprofit, group-practice health plan with headquarters in Oakland, California. We aspire to be the world leader in improving health through high-quality, affordable, integrated health care. We are best known for our strong social purpose, our physicians' responsibility for clinical care, and an enduring cooperation between the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, our medical groups, and hospitals.

Our membership
We have 8.7 million voluntarily enrolled members, most of whom joined either through their employers or through one of our plans for individuals and families.

States
California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia

Local markets
California: Capital, Central, East Bay, Golden Gate, North Bay, South Bay, the 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, (group coverage in Colorado Springs)
Georgia: metropolitan Atlanta
Hawaii: Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai, Maui
Mid-Atlantic States: Baltimore, northern Virginia, Washington, D.C.
Ohio: Akron, Cleveland
Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington: Portland, Salem, Vancouver, Longview-Kelso

Medical centers: more than 35
Medical offices: more than 430
Physicians: more than 13,500

Multilingual capabilities
Customer service representatives who speak Spanish 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.

Awards and Recognitions