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Nov 09, 2023, 15:00 ET Leading Health Care Partners Announce The Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health

Today, AHIP, the Alliance of Community Health Plans, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, and Kaiser Permanente...

Oct 31, 2023, 15:30 ET Kaiser Permanente Names New Mid-Atlantic Regional President

Kaiser Permanente has announced that Israel Rocha has been named regional president of the health system's Mid-Atlantic region. Rocha will officially ...

Oct 19, 2023, 12:00 ET Kaiser Permanente Expands Legal Support for Housing and Health

Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest integrated, nonprofit health care provider, is expanding its innovative Health, Housing, and Justice:...

Oct 06, 2023, 09:20 ET Kaiser Permanente to Study Expanded Nutritious Food Access with Instacart

Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest integrated, nonprofit health care provider, and Instacart (NASDAQ: CART), the leading grocery technology...

Sep 22, 2023, 14:15 ET Kaiser Permanente Announces New Health Plan Leadership

Brandon Cuevas has been selected as executive vice president for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan with national accountability for health plan strategy, ...

Sep 21, 2023, 15:00 ET Kaiser Permanente Appoints Greg Holmes Chief Human Resources Officer

Greg Holmes has been promoted to senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Kaiser Permanente, effective October 1, 2023. He...

Sep 21, 2023, 11:35 ET Kaiser Permanente, NAM launch research initiative to support climate action, improve health and health equity

Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest nonprofit, integrated health care organization, is supporting the National Academy of Medicine to build and...

Sep 18, 2023, 15:30 ET Kaiser Permanente names new Southern California and Hawaii regional president

Kaiser Permanente has announced that Michelle Gaskill-Hames, RN, has been named regional president of Kaiser Permanente for Southern California and...

Sep 18, 2023, 11:00 ET The Highest-Rated Plans Everywhere Kaiser Permanente Serves

Across the nation, no one outperforms Kaiser Permanente when it comes to providing expert, coordinated care and outstanding service. In the 2023...

Aug 15, 2023, 18:00 ET Diane Comer to Retire as Kaiser Permanente's Chief Information Technology Officer

Kaiser Permanente has announced that Diane Comer, chief information and technology officer, will retire in early January 2024. Diane Comer to Retire...

Aug 03, 2023, 16:00 ET Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Rated Among Nation's Best

At Kaiser Permanente, our members receive high-quality care no matter where they receive that care. All 39 Kaiser Permanente hospitals are...

Aug 03, 2023, 14:00 ET Kaiser Permanente names new chief compliance and privacy officer

Jacqueline "Jackie" Carberry Baratian has been selected as the senior vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer for Kaiser Foundation...

Jun 06, 2023, 08:30 ET COVID-19 vaccination: No serious side effects in young children

A review of more than 245,000 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines given to young children (most of them age 4 and younger) found no indications of...

May 30, 2023, 13:00 ET Kaiser Permanente commits up to $10 million to Denver Health and challenges others to help Colorado's vital safety-net hospital

For more than 160 years, Denver Health has played a critical role as Denver's core safety-net hospital, providing care regardless of a patient's...

May 18, 2023, 15:00 ET Dr. Linda Tolbert selected as executive medical director for the Washington Permanente Medical Group

A new era has launched for the Washington Permanente Medical Group (WPMG), with the selection of its new executive medical director, Linda Tolbert,...

Apr 26, 2023, 12:00 ET Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger come together to launch Risant Health and expand access to value-based care

In an innovative move designed to improve the health of communities, achieve better health care outcomes, and improve health care affordability,...

Apr 25, 2023, 15:00 ET Kaiser Permanente names Nari Gopala as chief digital officer

Kaiser Permanente announced that Narayanan "Nari" Gopala has been promoted to chief digital officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals....

Mar 16, 2023, 12:01 ET Paxlovid associated with lower risk of hospital admission

A Kaiser Permanente study confirms the benefit of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir, also known as Paxlovid, as an early-stage treatment to prevent...

Mar 15, 2023, 11:00 ET Kaiser Permanente is named among World's Most Ethical Companies for fifth time

Kaiser Permanente is again one of the World's Most Ethical Companies, according to Ethisphere, an independent group that monitors business ethics....

Mar 14, 2023, 11:00 ET Extra pounds put kids at higher risk for hypertension

A Kaiser Permanente study of more than 800,000 young people between the ages of 3 and 17 showed that youth at the upper range of average weight had a ...

Feb 24, 2023, 13:54 ET Current air pollution standards tied to higher heart risks

Long-term exposure to air pollution is tied to an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease — with the greatest harms...

Feb 10, 2023, 18:01 ET Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals report 2022 financial results

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and their respective subsidiaries (KFHP/H) reported 2022 annual financial results...

Jan 27, 2023, 15:00 ET Angela M. Dowling to lead Kaiser Permanente in Washington

Kaiser Permanente has announced that Angela Dowling is the new regional president for Kaiser Permanente in Washington, effective February 13, 2023....

Jan 26, 2023, 11:15 ET Kaiser Permanente Commits $25 Million to Center for Gun Violence Research and Education

Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest integrated, nonprofit health care provider, is expanding its work to address the causes and health...

Dec 15, 2022, 00:01 ET More exercise linked to less-severe COVID-19 outcomes

Kaiser Permanente members who were more physically active prior to being diagnosed with COVID-19 had a lower risk of severe outcomes, according to...