Awards and Recognition for Kaiser Permanente
Awards and Accolades
February 22, 2012
For the fourth straight year, Kaiser Permanente is the only health plan in California to earn a 4-star rating — the highest possible — for overall quality of care in the Healthcare Quality Report Card from the
California Office of the Patient Advocate
.
Kaiser Permanente in both Northern and Southern California also received four stars — the highest possible rating — in the “Members Rate Their HMO” category, which measures patient satisfaction with their care and service.
The 2012 report card provides California consumers with side-by-side comparisons of the nine largest health plans in the state, ranking them on national standard-of-care measures that involve treatment of a range of acute and chronic conditions, and preventive care that has long-term implications on personal health.
10 Kaiser Permanente Northern California Hospitals Honored by National Quality-Measurement Group
December 6, 2011
Ten Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals have been named 2011 Leapfrog Top Hospitals, an honor that rewards medical centers for outstanding success in such areas as using electronic health records to reduce medication and other errors, lowering infection rates, maintaining appropriate physician and nursing staffing, and other measures of safety and efficiency.
October 12, 2011
Kaiser Permanente announced today that its Medicare plans in California received an overall rating of 5 stars for parts C and D, the highest rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2012.
September 20, 2011
Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Medicare plan is the best in the country in 2011, according to National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) rankings of health plans released today. The Northern California region’s No. 1 ranking is up from No. 8 in 2010.
Public Recognition
September 30, 2011
Kaiser Permanente Northern California has been named the healthiest employer among large Bay Area companies in a survey published jointly by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
Kaiser Permanente’s Workplace Wellness Programs Recognized by National Business Group on Health
May 24, 2011
Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Live Well Be Well workplace-wellness program received gold certification in the 2011 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards presented by the National Business Group on Health.
Teaching and Research
Training the next generation of excellent physicians
Good training is critical to producing excellent doctors, and we’re proud that more than 200 residents come to Kaiser Permanente Northern California every year to hone their skills. Our medical residency program is one of the nation’s largest, with 14 subspecialties that include internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and pediatrics.
For 50 years, the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research has been dedicated to understanding and improving the health of Kaiser Permanente members and its communities. Through the decades the division has sustained its commitment to the science of population health with the publication of more than 3,000 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and many other clinical publications.
Last updated on 3/13/2012.
