Kaiser Permanente Awards — 2011
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| 12/15/11 | Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States Highest Scoring HMO Plan According to Maryland Health Care Commission 2011 Report Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States is the highest scoring health maintenance organization in the Maryland Health Care Commission’s 2011 Health Benefit Plan Performance Report: Measuring the Quality of Maryland Commercial Health Benefit Plans. |
| 12/13/11 | Kaiser Permanente Named Oregon’s Top-Rated Heart Center The Kaiser Permanente Center for Heart and Vascular Care at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center has been ranked the No. 1 heart surgery center in Oregon for coronary artery bypass graft operations by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. |
| 12/7/11 | Kaiser Permanente Wins Four eHealthcare Leadership Awards Kaiser Permanente recently received one of the first eHealthcare Organizational Commitment awards for its use of the Internet and technology to support its commitment to total health. The health care organization provides easy and convenient online tools and information to help members choose a health plan that meets their individual needs and then manage their health through My Health Manager on kp.org. |
| 12/6/11 | 18 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Named Leapfrog’s ‘Top Hospitals’ of 2011 Eighteen Kaiser Permanente hospitals — 10 in Northern California and eight in Southern California — have been named 2011 Top Hospitals by the Leapfrog Group, an honor that rewards medical centers for their outstanding success in such areas as infection rates, safety practices, mortality rates for common procedures and measures of efficiency. |
| 11/18/11 | Oregon Dentist of the Year to Lead Kaiser Permanente Dentists and Clinician Volunteers for 2011 Mission of Mercy The Kaiser Permanente’s team will be led by James Smith, DMD. Dr. Smith will act as the dental triage lead. The Oregon Academy of General Dentistry recently honored him as its Dentist of the Year, in part as recognition for his volunteer work in the community. Dr. Smith has been a leader in the effort to expand access to dental care across the region. |
| 11/9/11 | Kaiser Permanente Named Top Company for Executive Development by DiversityInc Magazine Kaiser Permanente was named the Top Company for Executive Development by DiversityInc at the magazine’s special awards dinner and gala Nov. 9 in Washington, D.C. Kaiser Permanente was recognized for having the most diverse board of directors and management team. Kaiser Permanente’s mentoring programming was also lauded, in addition to the organization’s National Diversity Council. A total of seven awards were presented; other winners include Prudential Financial, KPMG, IBM, CSX, American Express and ADP. Read about the recent Kaiser Permanente 34th Annual National Diversity Conference > |
| 10/31/11 | Kaiser Permanente’s Marilyn Chow Recognized for Nursing Excellence by Nurse.com Marilyn Chow, RN, DNSc, FAAN, of Kaiser Permanente has been named the national winner of the 2011 Nurse.com Nursing Excellence Awards in the category of “Advancing and Leading the Profession.” Sponsored by The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future, the awards program recognizes extraordinary contributions nurses make in the health care industry to patients, peers and the overall profession of nursing. |
| 10/24/11 | Kaiser Permanente Named No. 1 Green-IT Organization by Computerworld Kaiser Permanente announced today that it ranks No.1 on IDG’s Computerworld magazine Top 12 List of Green-IT Organizations for 2011, a ranking that considers applicants from many industries. Kaiser Permanente was the only national health care provider to receive this rating and is recognized for its implementation of green IT practices that reduce waste, carbon dioxide emissions, energy use and the use of toxic chemicals. |
| 10/17/11 | Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Efforts to Enhance Patient Safety Honored by National Health Care Accreditation Group Kaiser Permanente Northern California has been awarded Platinum Honors for Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection by URAC, a leading health-care accreditation organization, formerly known as the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission. |
| 10/13/11 | Kaiser Permanente Georgia Medicare Plan Receives Top Marks for Quality and Service from Federal Agency Kaiser Permanente of Georgia’s Medicare plan received 4.5 stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for 2012. |
| 10/12/11 | Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plans Receive Highest Star Ratings for Quality and Service from Medicare Kaiser Permanente announced today that its Medicare health plans in its California, Northwest, Hawaii and Colorado regions all received an overall rating of 5 stars for parts C and D, the highest rating from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for 2012, and its Georgia, Ohio and Mid-Atlantic States regions received 4.5 stars. |
| 10/10/11 | Kaiser Permanente Leads the Nation in 11 Effectiveness of Care Measures Kaiser Permanente leads the nation with the most No. 1s receiving top marks in 11 out of 40 effectiveness of care measures among all reporting commercial health plans. These conclusions were based on information in the 2011 National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Quality Compass® data. |
| 10/6/11 | NCQA: Kaiser Permanente Georgia Remains Top-Ranked Health Plan in the State Kaiser Permanente Georgia is the highest ranked commercial health plan in the state for the seventh consecutive year, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Kaiser Permanente Georgia ranked 52 among 288 plans nationwide, climbing nine spots in the past year. The rankings will appear in the November issue of Consumer Reports magazine. |
| 10/6/11 | Kaiser Permanente Named One of the Best Employers for Workers Over 50 Kaiser Permanente was named of the top 50 employers for workers over the age of 50 by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Kaiser Permanente offers employees quarterly retirement workshops that cover topics such as developing investment strategies, diversifying retirement portfolios with stocks, bonds and cash investments, choosing an investment mix and assessing risk tolerance, setting asset allocation targets, and recent tax law changes. Thirty-five percent of Kaiser Permanente’s employees are age 50 and over. The average tenure of these employees is 13.6 years. |
| 10/6/11 | Kaiser Permanente's Thrive Campaign Wins a 2011 GLAAD Amplifier Award The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Amplifier Awards elevate and promote images in advertising that include fair and accurate representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. The GLAAD Amplifier Awards also fund GLAAD's work to amplify stories of LGBT people and issues that build support for equality. Kaiser Permanente’s print advertisement, “Stick Around. Things Get Interesting” won an award in the outstanding print campaign — mainstream market category |
| 10/5/11 | Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States Rated One of America’s Top Health Plans Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States has been named the highest-rated Medicare health plan in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., according to the latest rankings by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Kaiser Permanente was recognized as the highest-rated Commercial health plan in Virginia and Washington, D.C. |
| 10/4/11 | Kaiser Permanente Recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Mail-Order Pharmacies for Third Consecutive Year For the third consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente’s mail-order pharmacy was ranked highest in customer satisfaction by the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 National Pharmacy Study. The J.D. Power study measures customer satisfaction with pharmacies based on responses from more than 12,300 customers who filled a new prescription or refilled a current prescription in the three months prior to the survey period. The study ranked organizations across five factors: overall experience, prescription ordering process, prescription delivery, customer service, and cost competitiveness. |
| 10/4/11 | Kaiser Permanente Health Plans Receive High Marks in ‘NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2011–2012’ Kaiser Permanente recorded strong gains again this year in the annual National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) rankings of health plans posted on Consumers Union website today. The results of the report, which were released last month by NCQA, showed that for the first time Kaiser Permanente has the four highest-ranked Medicare health plans in the nation and four of the top 25 Private (Commercial) health plans. |
| 10/3/11 | Kaiser Permanente’s Medicare Plan Website Recognized as a Benchmark for Excellence Kaiser Permanente’s Medicare plan website, www.kp.org/medicare, was one of 23 Medicare Advantage plan websites nationwide selected for excellence in content, member connectivity, design and privacy assurance. |
| 9/30/11 | Kaiser Permanente Northern California Named Healthiest Employer in San Francisco Business Times Survey 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. |
| 9/26/11 | 10 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Honored as ‘Top Performer’ in Quality and Safety by The Joint Commission Ten Kaiser Permanente hospitals have been nationally recognized as “Top Performers on Key Quality Measures” for 2010 in The Joint Commission’s “Improving America’s Hospitals” annual report. |
| 9/26/11 | Kaiser Permanente Southern California Physicians Take Top Honor for 6th Straight Year Kaiser Permanente physicians from every Southern California Permanente Medical Group service area location have been named top performers by the non-profit Integrated Healthcare Association for the sixth year in a row. These physicians provide care and treatment to 3.5 million Kaiser Permanente members from Kern to San Diego County. |
| 9/22/11 | Kaiser Permanente Ranked Among Top Innovators on InformationWeek 500 List Kaiser Permanente is rated as one of the top five private health insurance plans in Ohio and one of the top 100 ranked private health plans in the nation for quality and member satisfaction, according to new rankings by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. |
| 9/22/11 | Kaiser Permanente Ohio is One of the Top 100 Health Plans in America Kaiser Permanente continued to demonstrate strong performance and ranked among the top health plans in the nation, in a report published today by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The “NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings”report is published annually and ranks health plans in three categories: Medicare, Medicaid and Private (Commercial). The top four Medicare plans in the country were Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Kaiser Permanente Colorado and Kaiser Permanente Northwest. |
| 9/20/11 | Kaiser Permanente Health Plans Receive High Marks in ‘NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2011–2012’ Kaiser Permanente continued to demonstrate strong performance and ranked among the top health plans in the nation, in a report published today by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The “NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings”report is published annually and ranks health plans in three categories: Medicare, Medicaid and Private (Commercial). The top four Medicare plans in the country were Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Kaiser Permanente Colorado and Kaiser Permanente Northwest. |
| 9/20/11 | Kaiser Permanente Northern California Rated No. 1 in Newly Released National Quality Rankings of Medicare Plans 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. |
| 9/20/11 |  Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medicare Health Plan Top Ranked By NCQAKaiser Permanente Southern California’s Medicare Plan is ranked No. 2 in the nation by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. |
| 9/20/11 | Kaiser Permanente Colorado Is One of America’s Top Health Plans Kaiser Permanente is the highest-rated private health insurance plan in Colorado and one of the top-ranked private health plans in the nation for quality and member satisfaction, according to new rankings by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). |
| 9/15/11 | Kaiser Permanente First Multi-Site Health Care Organization in Hawaii Recognized for Patient-Centered Medical Home Model The Health Information Management Systems Society announced Sept. 13 that Kaiser Permanente is the 2011 recipient of the prestigious HIMSS Organizational Davies Award. The award recognizes excellence in the implementation and value derived from health information technology. Kaiser Permanente has one of the most extensive non-governmental electronic health record systems in the world and leads private health care systems in e-connectivity. |
| 9/13/11 | HIMSS Honors Kaiser Permanente for Electronic Health Record Implementation The Health Information Management Systems Society announced Sept. 13 that Kaiser Permanente is the 2011 recipient of the prestigious HIMSS Organizational Davies Award. The award recognizes excellence in the implementation and value derived from health information technology. Kaiser Permanente has one of the most extensive non-governmental electronic health record systems in the world and leads private health care systems in e-connectivity. |
| 9/6/11 | Marilyn Chow Receives California Nursing Excellence Award Marilyn Chow, RN, DNSc, FAAN, vice president of National Patient Care Services for Kaiser Permanente, was named the winner of the Nurse.com Nursing Excellence Award 2011 for California, sponsored by The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future. Chow, who won in the category of Advancing and Leading the Profession, now vies with eight other regional winners from across the country for the category’s national Nurse of the Year, which will be announced later this year. |
| 8/29/11 | LATINA Style Names Kaiser Permanente a Top 10 Organization for Latinas Kaiser Permanente has been ranked No. 10 by LATINA Style magazine on the publication’s list of the 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States. |
| 8/19/11 | Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Again Receives National Recognition for Medical Home Model Kaiser Permanente Hawaii announced that the Mapunapuna Clinic and its primary-care providers have received the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Physician Practice Connections® Patient-Centered Medical Home™ Recognition at Level 3, the highest level, for its integrated and coordinated care delivery system. |
| 8/19/11 | Kaiser Permanente Northern California Named
Healthiest Employer in Sacramento Business Journal Survey Kaiser Permanente Northern California has been named the healthiest employer among large employers in a survey published by the Sacramento Business Journal. The top honor, in the “mega” employer category, is a testament to Kaiser Permanente’s workplace wellness program, Live Well Be Well. |
| 8/11/11 | Avatar International Recognizes Kaiser Permanente for Innovative Approaches to Improving Patient Experiences Kaiser Permanente in California has received five Avatar Awards. Announced in July, the awards are given by Avatar International, the vendor that manages Kaiser Permanente’s inpatient and ambulatory surgery surveys, and tracks data from more than 400 hospitals and health organizations around the nation. |
| 7/26/11 | Nearly 200 Kaiser Permanente Physicians on U.S. News & World Report ‘Top Doctors’ List Nearly 200 Kaiser Permanente physicians are listed among the nation’s most accomplished and most highly recommended, according to the just-released U.S. News & World Report “Top Doctors” searchable directory. |
| 7/26/11 | Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center Named One of ‘Most Connected’ U.S. Hospitals Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center is one of America’s best hospitals for using electronic medical records and providing quality care, according to a list published by U.S. News & World Report. |
| 7/25/11 | Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Receives National Recognition for Medical Home Model Kaiser Permanente announced today that the Honolulu Clinic and Kihei and Lahaina Clinics on Maui, and their primary care providers, have received the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Physician Practice Connections® Patient-Centered Medical Home™ Recognition at Level 3, the highest level, for its integrated and coordinated care delivery system, which supports quality, access, continuity of care and better patient involvement. All three clinics scored the highest points possible, 100 out of 100, for this recognition. |
| 7/22/11 | 39 Kaiser Permanente Physicians Honored as 5280 Magazine ‘Top Docs’ Every year Denver’s 5280 Magazine surveys all registered physicians in the metro area and asks them to select fellow doctors they believe are “top” in their specialty. The results are in and this year 39 Kaiser Permanente physicians received the top honor, more than any other year. |
| 7/21/11 | Los Angeles Medical Center Receives Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke Gold Quality Achievement Award Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center recently received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke Gold Quality Achievement Award. This distinction recognizes Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center’s commitment to providing a higher standard of stroke care to patients, according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations, for over a 24-month period. |
| 7/20/11 | Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers Receive ‘Get With The Guidelines®’ Quality Achievement Awards Reaffirming Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to delivering excellent quality care, several of Kaiser Permanente’s medical centers have received the “Get With The Guidelines®” award from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. These awards recognize excellence in the treatment of patients with heart disease or patients who have suffered from a stroke. |
| 7/19/11 | Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Hospital Named ‘High Performer’ in U.S. News & World Report Survey In U.S. News & World Report’s annual ‘Best Hospitals Guide,’ Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center was ranked in the top 25 percent nationally for performance in Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Orthopedics and Pulmonology. |
| 7/18/11 | 12 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Named ‘Most Connected’ U.S. Hospitals In U.S. News & World Report’s annual ‘Best Hospitals Guide,’ 12 Kaiser Medical Centers earned the designation of “high-performing” in one or more medical specialties. Medical centers include, Anaheim, Bellflower, Fontana, Los Angeles South Bay and Woodland Hills in Southern California; Redwood City, San Francisco, Vallejo and Walnut Creek in Northern California; Sunnyside in Oregon; and Moanalua in Hawaii. |
| 7/14/11 | Kaiser Permanente Ranks Highest in 2011 J.D. Power and Associates Employer Satisfaction Study Kaiser Permanente announced today that employers ranked the organization’s health plan the highest among fully insured commercial health plans in the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Employer Health Insurance Plan StudySM. The organization received top marks across five key areas that affect employer satisfaction with carriers, including employee plan service experience; account servicing; product offering/benefit design; problem resolution; and cost/cost management. |
| 7/1/11 | Kaiser Permanente’s Moanalua Medical Center Receives ‘Get with the Guidelines®’ Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award Kaiser Permanente’s Moanalua Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®—Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for excellence in the treatment of patients with heart failure. |
| 6/30/11 | Kaiser Permanente Highlighted in Healthcare Equality Index 2011 Kaiser Permanente has been named a leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality in the 2011 Healthcare Equality Index report. The report, published by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, details the results of this year's Healthcare Equality Index, an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. For the third consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente has received a perfect 100 percent rating. |
| 6/29/11 | Kaiser Permanente Named Top Place to Work by Equal Opportunity Magazine Kaiser Permanente was ranked No. 37 on the 2011 Best Place to Work list by Equal Opportunity Magazine. Readers of Equal Opportunity were asked to name the employers, both in the private and public sectors, for whom they would most like to work or that they believe would provide a positive working environment for members of minority groups. The employers were listed according to the frequency they were cited by respondents. |
| 6/28/11 | Kaiser Permanente’s West Los Angeles Medical Center Earns EPA ENERGY STAR® Certification Kaiser Permanente’s West Los Angeles Medical Center has received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® certification, the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection. This signifies that the building’s energy performance rates in the top 25 percent of facilities nationwide. |
| 6/27/11 | Kaiser Permanente Named Top Place to Work by CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine Kaiser Permanente was ranked No. 28 on the 2011 Best Places to Work with Disabilities List, up from No. 36 in 2010. CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine, established in 1986, is the United States’ only career-focused magazine for people with disabilities. Each year, the publication recognizes the employee and employers of the year. Other distinguished companies noted on this year’s list were, Disney, Microsoft and Target. |
| 6/24/11 | Kaiser Permanente Wins Bronze Telly Award for 2010 MLK Day Video Kaiser Permanente has been named a Bronze Telly Award winner for film and video production work on a 2010 Martin Luther King Day of volunteerism video. |
| 6/23/11 | Kaiser Permanente’s Thrive Campaign Wins Two Gold Quill Awards Kaiser Permanente’s popular Thrive campaign has won two merit awards from the International Association of Business Communication’s Gold Quill program. The commercials, “Where Do Babies Come From?” (television) and “Babies” (radio) both received the distinction. |
| 6/20/11 | IDG’s Computerworld Names Kaiser Permanente to 2011 List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology IDG’s Computerworld announced that Kaiser Permanente is a 2011 Best Places to Work in IT honoree, one of 100 top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation. Honorees will be included in coverage in Computerworld along with results from the 18th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey. |
| 6/14/11 | Kaiser Permanente Orange County Awarded LEED Building Certification The seven-story parking structure for the new Kaiser Permanente Orange County Anaheim Medical Center, was recently awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver Certification under the New Construction Projects rating system. LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system of the U.S. Green Building Council for designing, constructing and operating the world’s greenest, most energy efficient and high-performing buildings. |
| 6/9/11 | Kaiser Permanente Georgia First in the Southeast to Earn NCQA Multicultural Health Care Distinction Kaiser Permanente Georgia is the first in the Southeast to earn the Multicultural Health Care Distinction through the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The distinction is given to health care plans that meet rigorous standards in several areas. |
| 6/2/11 | Kaiser Permanente Receives Award for Excellence in Medication Safety Kaiser Permanente Colorado and Kaiser Permanente Hawaii received the first ever Pharmacy Quality Alliance Quality Award from the Pharmacy Quality Alliance for excellence in medication safety. The award recognizes Medicare plans that achieved the highest rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on two key medication safety measures: High Risk Medications and Diabetes Treatment. |
| 5/25/11 | Kaiser Permanente Southern California Earns National Multicultural Health Care Distinction The National Committee for Quality Assurance has recognized Kaiser Permanente Southern California with its inaugural Multicultural Health Care Distinction, the only commercial and Medicare plan in Southern California to receive this certification. |
| 5/24/11 | Kaiser Permanente Receives Gold ‘Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles’ Award from the National Business Group on Health The National Business Group on Health announced today that it has awarded Kaiser Permanente a Gold Award for its employee wellness program, Healthy Workforce. The NBGH presented the Gold “Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles” award to Kaiser Permanente at a Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. |
| 5/24/11 | Kaiser Permanente’s Workplace Wellness Programs Recognized by National Business Group on Health 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. |
| 5/19/11 | PR News Names Kaiser Permanente 2011 Nonprofit PR Team of the Year Kaiser Permanente's public relations team has been named the 2011 Nonprofit Public Relations Team of the Year by PR News. This is the first year the team has won this honor. |
| 5/17/11 | Kaiser Permanente Enrollment Website Wins Two Prestigious Interactive Design Awards Kaiser Permanente’s federal employees’ enrollment website recently received two prominent interactive design awards – an Outstanding Achievement Award in the health care category from the Interactive Media Awards and a Gold Award from the International Hermes Creative Awards. |
| 5/11/11 | Uptime Institute Honors Kaiser Permanente with 2011 Green Enterprise IT Award Facilities innovation award “Achieving 99 Percent Free Cooling and Tier III Certification in a Modular Enterprise D” presented to Kaiser Permanente for developing a new way to measure optimized cooling in data centers. |
| 5/3/11 | Two Kaiser Permanente Executives Listed Among ‘Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business’ Two Kaiser Permanente executives have been named among the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business by the the San Francisco Business Times. Included on the list of 150 women are Diane Gage Lofgren, Kaiser Permanente senior vice president of Brand Strategy, Communications and Public Relations, and Christine Robisch, senior vice president and area manager, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, San Francisco. Included on the list of 150 female executives from five counties in the San Francisco Bay Area recognizes outstanding women for making a difference in their companies, industries and communities. |
| 4/29/11 | 75 Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Physicians Considered Among the Best in Region Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States announced today that 75 Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group physicians were named among the region’s best doctors in Washington Consumers’ Checkbook magazine’s Spring/Summer 2011 edition. |
| 4/26/11 | Kaiser Permanente Again Rates High in San Francisco Business Times’ ‘Best Place to Work’ Survey Kaiser Permanente is once again among the best places to work in the Bay Area, according to the results in this year’s “Best Places to Work in the Greater Bay Area” survey conducted by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. |
| 4/25/11 | Kaiser Permanente Recognized by Computerworld as a 2011 Honors Laureate International Data Group’s Computerworld Honors Program recently announced Kaiser Permanente as a 2011 Laureate. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change. Kaiser Permanente is being recognized for its 2010 National Quality Conference, which provided physicians and staff with a virtual forum to share effective best practices around quality issues in the health care system. |
| 4/22/11 | Three Kaiser Permanente Health Plans Among eValue8’s 2010 Top Performers Three Kaiser Permanente health plans — Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Kaiser Permanente Northwest — were among five that were recently named eValue8’s top performing HMOs and PPOs of 2010. |
| 4/19/11 | Kaiser Permanente a Winner of the 2011 Green Enterprise IT Awards Kaiser Permanente has been selected as a winner of the 2011 Green Enterprise IT Awards presented by Uptime Institute. The GEIT Awards showcase organizations that are pioneering energy-efficiency improvements in their IT and data center operations. Kaiser Permanente will be honored at the sixth annual Uptime Institute Symposium taking place in Santa Clara, Calif. on May 9-12, 2011. Kaiser Permanente’s raised floor optimization case study, which significantly and quantifiably improved data center energy efficiency, will be honored. |
| 4/8/11 | Kaiser Permanente Receives Top Honor from Diversity MBA Magazine for Third Consecutive Year For the third consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente ranks No. 1 on Diversity MBA Magazine’s “50 Out Front for Diversity Leadership: Best Places for Diverse Managers to Work.” |
| 4/7/11 | Kaiser Permanente Wins Awards for Commitment to Environmental Health Kaiser Permanente facilities and regions across the country received 17 awards in recognition of efforts to reduce waste and prevent pollution. Kaiser Permanente received the awards Wednesday, April 6 from Practice Greenhealth at CleanMed 2011, a global conference for environmental leaders in health care. |
| 3/31/11 | Kaiser Permanente’s Thrive Campaign Wins Golden Advocate Award The Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Association of Southern California has presented Kaiser Permanente’s Thrive campaign with a Golden Advocate Award. The award was presented to Kaiser Permanente on March 31 at the Rio Hondo Golf Club, in Downey, Calif. |
| 3/30/11 | Thirteen Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Honored by U.S. News & World Report Thirteen Kaiser Foundation Hospitals were ranked among the nation’s elite in the U.S. News & World Report first-ever Best Hospitals Metro Area rankings. |
| 3/30/11 | Kaiser Permanente Initiatives Honored with 2011 Catalyst Award The 2011 Catalyst Award was presented to Kaiser Permanente Tuesday night for the organization’s innovative and dynamic initiatives advancing women in the workplace. The award, given during the Catalyst Awards dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, attracted close to 100 CEOs and leaders of major corporations, firms, academic institutions and nonprofit organizations, along with more than 1,500 guests representing at least 200 national and global companies. |
| 3/30/11 | Kaiser Permanente Wins ‘Corporation of the Year — Supplier Diversity’ for Third Year in a Row For the third consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente has been named the Corporation of the Year by the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council. Kaiser Permanente has held the title of Corporation of the Year for the last two years, and the competition was formidable again this year, with companies such as AT&T, Chevron and Cisco in the running. The Corporation of the Year award recognizes the company most actively engaged with NCMSDC, its certified minority supplier, and who consistently demonstrates commitment through its minority purchases, technical and managerial assistance, and sponsorships to minority firms. The award also celebrates outstanding leadership, commitment and teamwork to advance diversity initiatives throughout the organization. |
| 3/23/11 | Kaiser Permanente Receives High Marks in 2011 J.D. Power and Associates Study Kaiser Permanente announced today that its members in four geographic regions rated the organization’s health plans highest in member satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Member Health Insurance Plan StudySM. The regions are California, Colorado, South Atlantic (Georgia) and Virginia-Maryland-Washington D.C. (Mid-Atlantic). In a fifth region, Kaiser Permanente Northwest ranked second. These five regions serve more than 8.3 million of Kaiser Permanente’s more than 8.7 million members. |
| 3/22/11 | Kaiser Permanente Georgia Receives High Marks in 2011 J.D. Power and Associates Study For the second consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente Georgia members rated the organization’s health plan highest in member satisfaction in the South Atlantic Region, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Member Health Insurance Plan StudySM. The South Atlantic Region comprises North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. |
| 3/22/11 | J.D. Power and Associates Names Kaiser Permanente No. 2 Health Plan in Northwest Region for Member Satisfaction In the annual J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Member Health Insurance Plan StudySM, an examination of member satisfaction among commercial health plans, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest ranked second in the Northwest region, and scored highest in the Information and Communication category. |
| 3/17/11 | Kaiser Permanente Leads Colorado Health Plans In Member Satisfaction Kaiser Permanente Colorado members have rated the organization’s health plan highest in member satisfaction for the fourth consecutive year, according to a new study released today by J.D. Power and Associates. |
| 3/10/11 | Kaiser Permanente Wins Awards for Solar Initiative and Sustainability Scorecard from Environmental Business Journal and Climate Change Business Journal Kaiser Permanente won two 2010 Business Achievement Awards in the “Project Merit Award” category from two publications. The Environmental Business Journal recognized the organization for the development of its Sustainability Scorecard for the health care industry. The Climate Change Business Journal honored Kaiser Permanente for its solar power initiative, one of the largest sustainable energy programs in U.S. health care that calls for photovoltaic arrays at 15 buildings in 2011. |
| 3/10/11 | Good News in this Year’s California HMO Report Card For the third straight year, Kaiser Permanente is the only health plan in California to earn a four-star rating — the highest possible — for overall quality of care in the Health Care Quality Report Card from the California Office of the Patient Advocate. Both Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Kaiser Permanente Southern California earned this honor. |
| 3/8/11 | Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Receives National ‘Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award’ The Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore. is being recognized with a Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award from the American Psychological Association. The award will be presented in a ceremony in Washington D.C. on March 12, 2011. |
| 3/3/11 |  Kaiser Permanente Ranked No. 1 on the 2011 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® List Kaiser Permanente has been named No. 1 on the 2011 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list, reaching the top spot after first debuting on the publication’s list in 2006. |
| 3/3/11 | Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States Named One of Region’s Breastfeeding-Friendly Companies Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States, the area’s largest not-for-profit health plan and care provider, was honored with a “Regional Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace Award” from the District of Columbia Breastfeeding Coalition and the Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition, in recognition of the supportive work environment provided to breastfeeding employees. |
| 2/24/11 | Kaiser Permanente CFO Kathy Lancaster Honored by Treasury & Risk Magazine Kathy Lancaster, Kaiser Permanente chief financial officer and executive vice president of strategic planning, was recognized in the Feb. 1 issue of Treasury & Risk magazine as one of their Outstanding Women Executives. Lancaster was honored for her role in planning 15 new Kaiser Permanente hospitals and implementation of electronic medical records for members. Promoted to CFO in 2005, Lancaster oversees Kaiser Permanente’s Controller’s Office, Treasury, Procurement and Supply, and other functions, as well as Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect®, its integrated electronic health record system. |
| 2/22/11 | Kaiser Permanente Honored for Electronic Health Record Implementation Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, continues to lead the nation in the number of Stage 7 Awards from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that have achieved the highest level of electronic health record implementation. In the last three years, Kaiser Permanente has received a total of 35 awards in recognition of its health information technology expertise. The 11 additional awards were presented this week at the HIMSS 2011 annual conference in Orlando, Fla. |
| 2/21/11 | Computerworld Names Kaiser Permanente’s Lisa Caplan and Mike Brady to Premier 100 International Data Group’s Computerworld announces Kaiser Permanente’s Lisa Caplan, vice president and business information officer, care delivery, and Mike Brady, senior vice president, infrastructure management group, as 2011 Premier 100 IT Leader honorees. This year’s Premier 100 spotlights IT leaders from both the technology and business sides of companies for their exceptional technology leadership, innovative ideas and well-executed IT strategies. |
| 2/21/11 | Phil Fasano Receives Health Information Technology Man of the Year Honor Phil Fasano, Kaiser Permanente executive vice president and chief information officer, recently was honored as a Health Information Technology Man of the Year as part of Healthcare IT News’ second annual Health IT Men and Women Awards. Fasano received an honorable mention in the “Enhancing Patient Care Through Health IT” category. |
| 2/18/11 | Kaiser Permanente Recognized as a J.D. Power 2011 Customer Service Champion Kaiser Permanente’s National Pharmacy Programs and Services was recognized at the J.D. Power and Associates Customer Service Roundtable in Las Vegas as a J.D. Power 2011 Customer Service Champion — one of only 40 companies to have earned the distinction this year. |
| 2/18/11 | Kaiser Permanente Ranked No. 1 Health Insurance Provider in Customer Loyalty in the Satmetrix 2011 Net Promoter® Benchmark Study Kaiser Permanente received the highest customer loyalty ranking in the health insurance sector, based on the Satmetrix 2011 Net Promoter® industry rankings. A new addition to this year’s benchmarks, Kaiser Permanente received a Net Promoter Score, or NPS® of 28 percent, more than 30 points higher than the industry average of negative 5 percent. |
| 2/7/11 | Henry J. Kaiser inducted into Modern Healthcare’s ‘Health Care Hall of Fame’ Kaiser Permanente co-founder Henry J. Kaiser has been inducted into Modern Healthcare’s Health Care Hall of Fame. With Kaiser Permanente co-founder, Sidney R. Garfield, MD (1906-1984) — himself a 1988 inductee in the Modern Healthcare Health Care Hall of Fame — Kaiser forged Kaiser Permanente out of the challenge to provide Americans quality medical care during the Great Depression and World War II, when most people could not afford to see a doctor. |
| 2/4/11 | 70 Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Physicians Awarded ‘Top Doctors’ Honor Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States announced today that 70 Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group physicians were named among the region’s “Top Doctors” in Northern Virginia Magazine’s February 2011 edition. |
| 2/3/11 | Kaiser Permanente Executive, Arthur M. Southam, MD, Inducted into UCLA School of Public Health Alumni Hall of Fame The UCLA School of Public Health announced that it has inducted Arthur M. Southam, MD, executive vice president, Health Plan Operations, for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., into its 2011 Alumni Hall of Fame. Dr. Southam, who received his MD degree and a master's degree in public health from UCLA, has an extensive career in the health care industry. At Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Southam has national responsibility for Health Plan marketing, sales, product development and administrative services that support membership growth and customer service. |
| 2/3/11 | Kaiser Permanente Ranked in the Top 10 of ‘The LATINA Style 50’ At an awards ceremony today, LATINA Style Magazine named Kaiser Permanente No. 9 on the publication's annual LATINA Style 50. The LATINA Style 50 recognizes corporate America's diversity initiatives and commitment to advancing the careers of professional Hispanic women. |
| 1/25/11 | Kaiser Permanente Receives the 2011 Catalyst Award We are pleased to announce Catalyst has named Kaiser Permanente as one of the recipients of the 2011 Catalyst Award, an annual award honoring exceptional initiatives from organizations that support and advance women in business. |
| 1/11/11 | Kaiser Permanente Northwest Leads Nation in Measures Taking Aim at Childhood Obesity Kaiser Permanente Northwest leads the nation among all reporting commercial health plans with top marks in counseling children for physical activity and nutrition, according to the National Committee on Quality Assurance’s Quality Compass for 2010.* |
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