Kaiser Permanente BUS/475 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Business Model and Strategic Plan Part I 5 Business Model and Strategic Plan Part II 11 Business Model and Strategic Plan Part III 16 Conclusion 20 References 22 Executive Summary Kaiser Permanente has been in the process of developing a new division of the company. The addition will be a new wing designed especially for children patients. The expansion will be able
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Economic Analysis of Anthem and Kaiser Permanente Abstract This paper is an economic analysis of healthcare providers Anthem and Kaiser Permanente. Included will be information on competition‚ pricing and the effects of elasticity of demand has on both companies. Introduction One of the major concerns facing Americans today is the discussion of healthcare and how employers can afford to purchase healthcare for their employees. With
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Kaiser Permanente Botches Its Kidney Transplant Center Project Kaiser Permanente is one of the country’s foremost health maintenance organizations (HMOs)‚ also referred to as integrated managed care organizations. HMOs provide health care that is fulfilled by hospitals‚ doctors‚ and other providers with which the HMO has a contract. While Kaiser is a non- profit organization‚ the company earned $ 34.4 billion in revenues in 2007. Kaiser has approximately 170‚000 employees‚ over 13‚000 doctors‚ and
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Discussion Questions 1. What troubles did Kaiser run into when it first tried to implement the EHR system? During the first implementation of the EHR system‚ Kaiser suffered productivity losses that could be directly attributed to training employees on the new system‚ which thereby‚ disrupted the workflow. The problem was further exacerbated when Kaiser decided to limit physician’s hours in the clinic and hired temporary physicians to handle the workload. In effect‚ more than 50% of the total
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Kaiser Permanente: An Integrated Delivery Health care System Abstract Kaiser Permanente is a managed care facility that provides services across the health care continuum. Over the years the organization has continually made efforts toward improvements since it was first founded in 1945. These improvements generate a series of successes that set Kaiser apart from similar organizations. But‚ just as any health care delivery system‚ Kaiser has faced challenges in the past‚ present and
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Admittedly‚ after researching a medical problem on a site like WebMD‚ I often email my provider to see if I need to come in for an appointment. Currently‚ Kaiser also allows you to set up a video visit appointment in many specialty departments. Having worked as medical biller many years ago‚ I had some prior knowledge of the disparity in the amount charged and also what the medical provider receives as reimbursement
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Relations Interview Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium based located in Oakland‚ California. Kaiser Permanente evolved from industrial health care programs for construction‚ shipyard‚ and steel mill workers for the Kaiser industrial companies during the late 1930s and 1940s ("Kaiser Permanente‚" 2013‚ para. 1). Kaiser Permanente is consists of three distinct entities‚ the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals‚ the autonomous regional Permanente Medical Groups‚ and the Kaiser Foundation Health
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Kaiser Permanente has opted to use the bureaucratic control system to help meet the challenges of such complex environment. Bureaucratic control system is design to measure progress toward planned performance and to ensure that they are in line with management’s objectives (2004). Today‚ bureaucratic ideas are still widely used among organizations to ensure success. Kaiser Permanente has found this system to be reliable‚ accurate and secure; all these terms have assisted our large complex organization
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prices‚ poor management‚ inappropriate care‚ waste‚ and fraud. In this paper‚ we will examine how efficiencies in supply chain management and effective use of sourcing and technology has reduced hospital costs. We will provide an inside look into Kaiser Permanente of Southern California in our analysis. II. HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY AND SUPPLY CHAIN The healthcare supply chain is composed of three major players at various stages: producers‚ purchasers‚ and healthcare providers. Producers include pharmaceutical
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Evaluation and Outcome at a Kaiser Permanente Hospital Andre Bagramyan California State University Northridge Abstract Through the participation in the clinical setting of the Woodland Hills Kaiser Permanente Intensive Care Unit the writer has been involved with the members of this unit to develop and assess the roles of a leader. The focus of this paper is to analyze the evaluation of a nurse on the unit and the outcomes form the meeting. At Kaiser Permanente of Woodland Hills‚ nursing
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