Kaiser Permanente
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| Kaiser Permanente | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Oakland, Calif. |
| Top official: | Bernard J. Tyson, Chairman and CEO |
| Year founded: | 1945 |
| Website: | Official website |
Kaiser Permanente, the "nation’s largest nonprofit integrated health care system," emphasized preventative healthcare as the core component of its healthcare model. As of 2016, the organization provided healthcare services to over 10.7 million members in eight states and Washingto, D.C.[1][2][3]
Background
Kaiser Permanente developed during the late 1930s and early 1940s as a hospital for industrial workers that used a prepayment system for healthcare services. The organization opened to public enrollment in 1945 and since grew into the largest "nonprofit integrated health care system" in the United States. As of 2016, Kaiser Permanente was made up of a health insurance plan, a hospital system, and a network of healthcare providers.[2][6]
As of June 2016, Kaiser Permanente provided healthcare services to over 10.7 million members in California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Oregon, and Washington, D.C..[7]
Political activity
Kaiser Permanente maintains a team of government relations professionals to advocate for the organization's public policy priorities at the state and federal levels. As tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, the Kaiser Permanente health plan and hospital system cannot contribute to political campaigns. The organization's medical groups, however, are taxable organizations with their own policies regarding political activity.[8][9]
Ballot measure activity
Kaiser Permanente, through its Kaiser Permanente (KP) Financial Services Operation division, contributed $500,000 to oppose the 2016 Colorado Creation of ColoradoCare System Initiative (Amendment 69), which was designed to create a system of healthcare coverage for all Colorado residents.[4]
| “ | Kaiser Permanente believes that all Coloradans should have access to high quality and affordable health care services. However, Amendment 69 is not the right answer for Colorado. The amendment’s language does not explicitly address operational costs, full coverage options, access to care, regulatory authority or transparency within the newly created system. The intricacies and unknowns of this proposal jeopardize the care and coverage options that Kaiser Permanente members, and consumers alike, have come to expect and rely on.[10][11] | ” |
Kaiser Permanente also suported the 2016 Oregon Outdoor School Lottery Fund Initiative, which was designed to create an "Outdoor School Education Fund," sourced from state lottery proceeds, to support outdoor school programs.[5]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details Kaiser Permanente’s ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for Kaiser Permanente | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| Colorado Creation of ColoradoCare System, Amendment 69 (2016) | 2016 | Opposed[10] | |
| Oregon Outdoor School Lottery Fund, Measure 99 (2016) | 2016 | Supported[5] | |
| California Proposition 46, Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Cap and Drug Testing of Doctors Initiative (2014) | 2014 | Opposed[12] | |
Leadership
As of September 2016, the following individuals held leadership positions with Kaiser Permanente:[13]
- Bernard J. Tyson, Chairman and CEO
- Gregory A. Adams, Executive vice president
- Anthony A. Barrueta, Senior vice president, government relations
- Vanessa M. Benavides, Senior vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer
- Chuck Columbus, Senior vice president and chief human resources officer
- Patrick T. Courneya, Executive vice president, hospitals, quality and care delivery excellence; chief medical officer, Medicare Advantage, cost and prescription drug plans
- Richard D. Daniels, Executive vice president and chief information officer
- Kathy Lancaster, Executive vice president and chief financial officer
- Arthur M. Southam, Executive vice president, health plan operations
- John Vu, Vice president of strategy, community benefit
- Mark S. Zemelman, Senior vice president and general counsel
Recent news
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See also
- Colorado Creation of ColoradoCare System, Amendment 69 (2016)
- Colorado 2016 ballot measures
- Co-operate Colorado
- Oregon Outdoor School Lottery Fund, Measure 99 (2016)
- Oregon 2016 ballot measures
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cortera Business Directory, "Kaiser Permanente," accessed September 5, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brookings Center for Health Policy, "Kaiser Permanente – California: A Model for Integrated Care for the Ill and Injured," May 4, 2015
- ↑ Healthcare Informatics, "Kaiser's Care Model," April 22, 2010
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ColoradoCare, "Corporate Insurance Industry Scrambles to Protect Profits. Opposition to Amendment 69 is 99.4% Bankrolled by Corporations," June 1, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 BigNewsNetwork.com, "Kaiser, Nike and other outdoor school proponents prepare for funding push," April 19, 2016
- ↑ Kaiser Permanente, "Our history," accessed Spetember 5, 2016
- ↑ Kaiser Permanente, "Fast facts about Kaiser Permanente," accessed September 6, 2016
- ↑ Kaiser Permanente, "Kaiser Permanente Names Anthony Barrueta Senior Vice President, Government Relations," June 30, 2010
- ↑ Kaiser Permanente, "Principles of responsibility," accessed September 6, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kaiser Permanente, "Statement on Amendment 69," accessed September 6, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, "Proposition 46: Drug and Alcohol Testing of Doctors. Medical Negligence Lawsuits." accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ Kaiser Permanente, "Our leadership team," accessed September 6, 2016
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