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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
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| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | ||||||
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2018 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
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| FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 1A | THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF THREE DIRECTORS, HAS AUTHORITY TO ACT FOR THE BOARD BETWEEN MEETINGS EXCEPT IT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO: 1. FILL VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OR THE COMMITTEE; 2. FIX THE COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS FOR SERVING ON THE BOARD OR ANY COMMITTEE; 3. ADOPT, AMEND OR REPEAL BYLAWS; 4. AMEND OR REPEAL ANY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD WHICH, BY ITS EXPRESS TERMS, CANNOT BE AMENDED OR REPEALED BY THE COMMITTEE; 5. APPOINT COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OR APPOINT THE MEMBERS THEREOF; OR 6. APPROVE ANY ASPECT OF A TRANSACTION INVOLVING THE COMPANY WHEN A DIRECTOR HAS A MATERIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THAT TRANSACTION, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BY LAW. |
| Form 990, PART VI, QUESTION 6 | THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION IS KFHPW HOLDINGS, A WASHINGTON NONPROFIT CORPORATION. |
| Form 990, PART VI, QUESTION 7A | KFHPW HOLDINGS APPOINTS THE DIRECTORS (AND FILLS VACANCIES AND HAS AUTHORITY TO REMOVE DIRECTORS). |
| Form 990, PART VI, QUESTION 7B | DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED BY THE MEMBER. THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE CORPORATION WITH ANOTHER ENTITY, THE VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION OF THE CORPORATION, OR THE SALE, LEASE, EXCHANGE, OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE PROPERTY AND ASSETS OF THE CORPORATION MUST BE APPROVED BY THE MEMBER. |
| Form 990, PART VI, QUESTIONS 12C | COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT A. REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY - KAISER PERMANENTE REGULARLY MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY IN 3 KEY WAYS: A1. THE KAISER PERMANENTE COMPLIANCE HOTLINE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND VENDORS TO REPORT ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. ALL CALLS ARE ANSWERED BY A THIRD PARTY AND PROVIDED TO KAISER PERMANENTE'S NATIONAL COMPLIANCE OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND APPROPRIATE ACTION. EMPLOYEES CAN REPORT ANONYMOUSLY. RETALIATION IS PROHIBITED. REPORTS OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE GENERATED AND INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED AS REQUIRED AND INFORMATION IS TRACKED AND TRENDED TO DETERMINE IF ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE IS REQUIRED TO AVOID OR MANAGE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. COMPLIANCE HOTLINE REPORTS ARE PROVIDED FOR REVIEW AND ACTION TO THE KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN/HOSPITALS BOARDS OF DIRECTORS ANNUALLY. A2. THE NATIONAL COMPLIANCE OFFICE AND INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES ANNUALLY REVIEW THE DIRECTORS', OFFICERS', KEY EMPLOYEES', AND EXECUTIVES' ANNUAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE DISCLOSURES AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON ANY INVESTIGATIONS REQUIRED. INVESTIGATIONS ARE DOCUMENTED, TRACKED AND TRENDED TO DETERMINE IF ADDITIONAL CONTROLS OR EDUCATION IS REQUIRED. IN ADDITION, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE REPORTS ARE PROVIDED FOR REVIEW AND ACTION TO THE KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN/HOSPITALS BOARDS OF DIRECTORS ANNUALLY; AND A3. ANNUALLY, AS A COMPONENT OF THE EXTERNAL AUDIT, AN OUTSIDE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM REVIEWS THE ANNUAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRES PROCESS COMPLETED BY DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES, AND EXECUTIVES, AND ACTIONS TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE DISCLOSURES. THE RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT, INCLUDING ANY FINDINGS IN THIS AREA ARE PRESENTED TO THE KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN/HOSPITALS AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. B. REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY - TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICY KAISER PERMANENTE USES THE FOLLOWING STEPS AS A GENERAL GUIDELINE: B1. REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES ARE SUBJECT TO ANY CORRECTIVE/DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROVISIONS DESCRIBED IN SPECIFIC REGIONAL/NATIONAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES. B2. KAISER PERMANENTE NOTIFIES EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY NO. 14. CORRECTIVE/DISCIPLINARY ACTION POLICY DURING NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION AND IN ANNUAL COMPLIANCE TRAINING. B3. IN THE EVENT THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO DISCIPLINE ANY EMPLOYEE BECAUSE OF, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LEGAL/REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, KAISER PERMANENTE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, OR THE PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBILITY, OR FOR UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OR MISCONDUCT, COACHING/COUNSELING AND/OR CORRECTIVE/DISCIPLINARY ACTION MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: - ORAL DISCUSSION AND/OR WARNING BY THE EMPLOYEE'S IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR OR HIGHER LEVEL MANAGER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM; - WRITTEN NOTICE, WITH OR WITHOUT FINAL WARNING; - PAID OR UNPAID SUSPENSION, WITH OR WITHOUT FINAL WARNING; - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. |
| Form 990, PART VI, QUESTION 15A/B | COMPENSATION DETERMINATION THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM AS ADMINISTERED BY KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. IS DESIGNED TO RECRUIT, RETAIN AND MOTIVATE QUALIFIED SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE STRATEGIC AND POLICY DIRECTION AND RESULTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THEREFORE, THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS, TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE, PERFORMANCE-BASED. THE COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION. PRIOR TO PAYMENT, ALL PROGRAMS AND PAYMENTS TO THE CEO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS (EXECUTIVES) ARE REVIEWED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION. BASE PAY FOR EXECUTIVE POSITIONS IS ESTABLISHED AT A LEVEL COMPARABLE TO THE RELEVANT MARKET. IN ADDITION, OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE COMPENSATION PROGRAM BEAR 'AT-RISK' FEATURES DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT PERFORMANCE GOALS AND TO ASSIST IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TOP PERFORMERS. THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS TARGETED TO BE COMPETITIVE TO THE COMPARABLE EXTERNAL MARKET IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION COMPETES FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. EVALUATION OF COMPARABLE PAY DATA IS PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION, BENEFIT & HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING FIRM. THE COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOCUSES ON OBJECTIVES IN THE AREAS OF QUALITY OF MEMBER CARE AND SERVICE, MEMBERSHIP GROWTH, FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS, AND THE COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. |
| Form 990, PART VI, QUESTION 18 | Forms 990 are available on www.guidestar.org. |
| Form 990, PART VI, QUESTION 19 | Public Inspection Copy: Governing documents, conflict of interest policy are available upon request as disclosed to other regulatory bodies. Financial Statements are on file with state insurance agency on a statutory basis (stand alone entity). Combined data is published for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and subsidiaries and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Subsidiaries with Independent Auditors' Report. To request copies contact: Vice President, Communications Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals One Kaiser Plaza, 18th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 |
| Form 990, PART VII, SECTION A, COLUMN B: | HOURS FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BOTH OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS WORK FULL TIME AS EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS FULFILL THEIR BOARD ASSIGNMENT. ALL OFFICERS WORK FULL TIME IN THEIR EMPLOYEE CAPACITY. FULL TIME WORK MAY REQUIRE IN EXCESS OF THE TRADITIONAL 40 HOUR WEEK. GIVEN THE INTEGRATED NATURE OF OUR ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYEES MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS KAISER PERMANENTE COMPANIES. THE AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK REPORTED FOR THE FILING ORGANIZATION AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS WAS ESTIMATED. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 | other changes in net assets or fund balances: CHANGE IN DONATED CAPITAL $ 280,645 CHANGE IN OCI (PENSION & RETIREMENT LIA) 38,328,123 OTTI LOSSES - BOOK (27,821,828) ------------------ $10,786,940 |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A-4D | I. Introduction A. About Kaiser Permanente Founded in 1942 to serve employees of Kaiser Industries and opened to the public in 1945, Kaiser Permanente is recognized as one of America's leading health care providers and nonprofit health plans. We were created to meet the challenge of providing American workers with medical care during the Great Depression and World War II, when most people could not afford to go to a doctor. Since our beginnings, we have been committed to helping shape the future of healthcare. Among the innovations Kaiser Permanente has brought to U.S. health care are: - Prepaid health plans, which spread the cost to make it more affordable - A focus on preventing illness and disease as much as on caring for the sick - An organized, coordinated system that puts as many services as possible under one roof-all connected by an electronic medical record Kaiser Permanente is an integrated health care delivery system comprised of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (KFH), Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP), and physicians in the Permanente Medical Groups. Today we serve more than 12 million members in eight states and the District of Columbia. Our mission is to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. Care for members and patients is focused on their Total Health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery, and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education, and the support of community health. B. Kaiser Permanente's Approach to Community Health For more than 70 years, Kaiser Permanente has been dedicated to providing high-quality, affordable health care services and to improving the health of our members and the communities we serve. We believe good health is a fundamental right shared by all and we recognize that good health extends beyond the doctor's office and the hospital. It begins with healthy environments: fresh fruits and vegetables in neighborhood stores, successful schools, clean air, accessible parks, and safe playgrounds. Good health for the entire community requires equity and social and economic well-being. These are the vital signs of healthy communities. Better health outcomes begin where health starts, in our communities. Like our approach to medicine, our work in the community takes a prevention-focused, evidence-based approach. We go beyond traditional corporate philanthropy or grant making to pair financial resources with medical research, physician expertise, and clinical practices. Our community health strategy focuses on three areas: - Ensuring health access by providing individuals served at Kaiser Permanente or by our safety-net partners with integrated clinical and social services; - Improving conditions for health and equity by engaging members, communities, and Kaiser Permanente's workforce and assets; and - Advancing the future of community health by innovating with technology and social solutions. C. Kaiser Permanente's Total Contribution Kaiser Permanente provided $2.8 billion in community benefits in 2018. The amounts attributable to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington are: - Financial Assistance at cost - $15.9 million - Medicaid - $33.7 million - Community health improvement services and community benefit operations - $4.3 million - Health Professions Education - $9 million - Research - $1.7 million - Cash and in-kind contributions from community benefit - $4.3 million In addition to our direct spend on community benefits, we also leverage assets from across Kaiser Permanente to help us achieve our mission to improve the health of communities. This "Total Health" strategy includes our widely recognized activities around supplier diversity, socially responsible investing and environmental stewardship. |
| II. Ensure Health Access | A. Summary of The Strategy Ensuring access to high quality health care services for low-income populations within the communities we serve is core to our mission and tax-exempt status. Access to healthcare for vulnerable low-income populations is routinely identified in our Community Health Needs Assessments as one of the top health needs in the communities Kaiser Permanente serves. There are two main access challenges: coverage and care. Without access to adequate health insurance coverage, people may not receive the comprehensive and continuous medical care needed to help achieve maximum health outcomes. And without access to convenient and high-quality care by trusted providers, they are less likely to get and/or stay healthy. Over time, access challenges can compromise health outcomes as well as create additional burden on government to provide necessary social services. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington supports the health access needs of our communities through a combination of coverage and care programs. We provide coverage to low-income populations through two key vehicles: first, via our participation in government programs like Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), and second, via our own Charitable Health Coverage (CHC) program, which provides a premium subsidy for Kaiser Permanente coverage for qualified low-income families and children who do not have access to public or private health coverage. Similarly, we provide care to low-income populations through two key vehicles: first, via our treatment of Medicaid and CHIP enrollees (not assigned to Kaiser Permanente), and second, via the Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) program, which is Kaiser Permanente's traditional charity care or financial assistance program (FAP). For Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and all of its subsidiary health plans, the main way to address health access challenges is by absorbing the cost of the coverage programs described above. In 2018, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington spent a total of $49.7 million on our coverage and care programs (at cost, net of all related revenues). In addition, it provided $1.1 million in grants to help improve health access challenges, including but not limited to funding key safety-net partner organizations. B. Coverage Adequate health coverage means consistent access to comprehensive and continuous medical and preventative services for people to get and stay healthy, a much better and thorough alternative to episodic care at emergency departments. Coverage is good for the patient, good for Kaiser Permanente and good for the US overall because it helps people get and stay healthy and avoid costly hospital services. i. Coverage provided through Medicaid, CHIP and other government programs The Affordable Care Act has had a far-reaching impact on the landscape of government-sponsored programs, as these options have become a key source of health coverage for a significant portion of the US population. Kaiser Permanente has responded to this challenge by developing organizational strategies to enable low-income individuals to obtain and/or retain health coverage through Medicaid, CHIP or other government programs, even as their personal or financial circumstances may be changing. At the end of 2018, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington was providing benefits to over 24,600 people through its Medicaid Managed Care contracts with other health plans. C. Care To get and/or stay healthy, people need access to high quality care by providers they trust. This care must include preventative services and required medications so that people can avoid ending up in the emergency room or requiring more extensive services down the line. Kaiser Permanente helps low-income populations gain access to this type of care by leveraging the full scope of its integrated delivery system, including not only critical hospital-based services but also outpatient primary, specialty and pharmacy services. i. Care provided through Medicaid, CHIP and other government programs Kaiser Permanente provides a wide range of health care services to individuals enrolled in Medicaid, CHIP and other government programs, regardless of whether they are assigned to Kaiser Permanente or not. In addition to the individuals who received health coverage in 2018 due to Kaiser Permanente's participation in these government programs, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington also subsidized care to people who are enrolled in these programs but not formally assigned to Kaiser Permanente. ii. Care subsidized by MFA The MFA program helps low-income, uninsured, and underserved patients receive access to care. MFA provides temporary financial assistance or free care to qualified patients who receive health care services from our providers, regardless of whether they have health coverage or are uninsured. MFA is open to all eligible patients (members and nonmembers) who meet financial criteria based on household size and income and have exhausted all private or public health care coverage options. The program also includes support for programs that are designed to enable access to Kaiser Permanente services through coordination with community-based organizations that address the health needs of low-income, primarily uninsured populations. Over the course of 2018, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington subsidized care for over 11,000 people through the MFA program. D. Safety-Net Partnerships Kaiser Permanente is committed to building partnerships with the institutions that play a critical role in delivering health care for the uninsured and underserved, often referred to as the health care "safety-net." Through grants, training and technical assistance, we're working with safety-net hospitals and health centers to help these institutions reach those who are low-income, uninsured or under-resourced in our communities, and move the needle in eliminating health disparities. We do this by investing in quality improvement and other support efforts that aim to transform care and improve health access for those most in need. Specific examples of our efforts in 2018 include: - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington funded $200,000, part of a 3-year grant for $600,000, to Project Access Northwest to connect patients served by the safety-net with vital specialty care services. In addition to operational support for the organization, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington clinics accepted specialty care referrals and provided clinical services for 400 low-income and uninsured patients in 2018. |
| III. Improve Conditions for Health and Equity | A. Summary of the Strategy Healthy communities are critical to the health and wellness of every person - and this has always been central to our mission. That's why our strategy includes efforts to address the root causes of health, such as economic opportunity. Where community needs are greatest, we make direct investments to create conditions for health and equity, because healthy individuals need healthy communities, and healthy communities need healthy people to thrive. In 2018, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington spent a total of $3.2 million on charitable contributions designed to improve conditions for health and equity. B. Health and Wellness in Schools Our efforts to support health in schools are part of how we are advancing our vision for total health - a holistic approach that emphasizes the social, environmental, behavioral, and clinical aspects that shape one's well-being. Schools are passionate about ensuring that all students succeed. They need strong partners to help them address health as part of their strategy. That's why Kaiser Permanente created Thriving Schools, our all-in engagement to improve health for students, staff, and teachers. Our vision is that every community can count on their school as a champion for good health that enables great learning. Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools is intentional about coordinating our own knowledge and existing work in school health with the good work of others. Through our valued partnerships with some of the country's most innovative organizations, we are able to provide concrete resources and pathways to health in schools. To create lasting change, we use our voice to advance local, regional, and national policies and a movement to make healthy schools the norm for everyone. A distinguishing feature of Thriving Schools is our complementary focus: we support students, staff, and teachers, and we address their physical, emotional, and social wellness. This approach builds a culture of wellness across the entire school. Specific examples of our efforts in 2018 include: - Kaiser Permanente continued its ongoing support of Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL), a school-based intervention aimed at making changes to the policies and systems in school environments to promote improved health behaviors of students, teachers, and staff. An additional 44 schools across Kaiser Permanente's Washington region started this work in 2018, bringing the total to 370 new schools across Kaiser Permanente's footprint working to change student and adult behaviors related to nutrition and physical activity in 2018. - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington launched the school employee-focused "Way to Wellbeing" 3-part workplace wellness workshop reaching 14 school districts representing thousands of school employees. The workshops focused on strategies for physical and mental wellbeing during the school day. Some of the attendees applied for and received modest grants to support them in implementing efforts on their school site in order to achieve the wellbeing goals covered in the workshops. C. Health and Wellness in Cities The places where we live, learn, work, and play - our cities and towns, our schools, our homes, our neighborhoods - have an enormous impact on our health. And how we shape those places, through public policy and the support for healthy environments, has the potential to make real, lasting impacts on our surroundings and our everyday quality of life. Through Kaiser Permanente's ongoing partnerships with community organizations, municipal leaders, and public health champions, we are working to incorporate health, equity and sustainability considerations into public policy and the built environment in ways that influence how neighborhoods take shape and grow. Specific examples of our efforts in 2018 include: - Kaiser Permanente joined the de Beaumont Foundation to support CityHealth. CityHealth advances nine policies that can make real, lasting impacts in people's health and quality of life in America's 40 largest cities. In 2018, CityHealth assessed 40 cities including Seattle, Washington on their policies and began to engage with city leaders to help them improve policies for Pre-K, inclusionary zoning, complete streets, smoke-free indoor air, and healthy food procurement. - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington provided the Seattle Parks Foundation with a $250,000 grant to support park renovations and improvements to Duwamish Waterway Park and Concord International Elementary School. These park enhancements are projected to positively impact 4,000 residents near the waterway park and over 400 students at the elementary school by providing a safe and accessible environment for physical activity. Both projects are located in neighborhoods with a large concentration of families of low-incomes and substantial immigrant populations. D. Economic Opportunity Inclusive economic growth is critical to both individual and community health. When there is a lack of economic opportunity in communities, the prospects for upward social mobility are diminished, often resulting in poorer health and higher mortality rates for people living in those communities. By contrast, economic growth and opportunity provides individuals with jobs, income, a sense of purpose, and opportunities to improve their economic circumstances overtime. As a large, influential institution in our communities, Kaiser Permanente recognizes that the way we do business can support economic opportunity in local communities through how we hire, purchase, build our facilities and partner with communities. Specific examples of our efforts in 2018 include: - Kaiser Permanente continued its commitment to source goods and services from the minority, women, veteran, and LGBTQ-owned business community as a member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable. As part of this commitment, we encouraged our own suppliers to also increase their sourcing of goods and services from the minority, women, veteran, and LGBTQ-owned business community. Furthermore, we also began to measure job creation that resulted from our procurement spending. In 2018, we found that our procurement spending led our supplier partners to create new jobs. - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington provided two grants totaling over $190,000 to two organizations, Arivva and Pierce County Pre-Apprenticeship Center, to engage unemployed, underemployed and disconnected youth and adults. They program participants are supported in achieving certification and getting into a registered apprenticeship training program for jobs in HVAC (heating ventilation air conditioning), construction and health care. Kaiser Permanente also partnered with Year Up, a nonprofit organization that provides young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education, to place 6 economically disadvantaged young people of color into administrative and business operations internships in Seattle. E. Housing and Homelessness Housing stability is a key factor in a person's overall health and well-being. Without a safe, stable place to live, it is nearly impossible to maintain health or sustain health improvements achieved in a medical setting. With homelessness affecting more than 550,000 people every day throughout our country, the need for safe, stable and affordable housing has never been greater. Kaiser Permanente understands the connection between housing and health. Our impact investments aim to create more affordable housing, reduce the displacement of lower- and middle-income households, and end homelessness by ensuring access to supportive housing. Specific examples of our efforts in 2018 include: - Kaiser Permanente committed to address the housing and homelessness crisis in our communities. As part of that commitment, and working with Enterprise Community Partners, we developed the RxHome Fund, which will create and preserve multifamily rental homes for low-income residents throughout Kaiser Permanente's service areas. This strategy will protect current residents and preserve affordable units in the current housing stock. Also, with Enterprise Community Partners, we are supporting affordable housing development and preservation across all the communities in our service footprint. |
| F. Environmental Stewardship | We believe it is our obligation as a health care provider to minimize our environmental impact. We embed efforts to be environmentally responsible throughout our organization - in how we power our facilities, purchase food and medical supplies and equipment, manage waste, and invest in our communities. We also prioritize partnerships with others to develop policies and systems that strengthen community health and protect our environment. In 2016, Kaiser Permanente adopted an ambitious set of environmental goals to guide the organization for the decade ahead. These goals have raised the bar on environmental responsibility, not just for Kaiser Permanente but for all health care organizations. Kaiser Permanente pledges that by 2025 it will: - Become "carbon net positive" by buying enough clean energy and carbon offsets to remove more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than it emits. - Buy all of its food locally or from farms and producers that use sustainable practices, including using antibiotics responsibly. - Recycle, reuse or compost 100 percent of its non-hazardous waste. - Reduce the amount of water it uses by 25 percent per square foot of buildings. - Increase its purchase of products and materials that meet environmental standards to 50 percent. - Meet international standards for environmental management at all its hospitals. - Pursue new collaborations to reduce environmental risks to the foodsheds, watersheds and air basins supplying its communities. Specific examples of our efforts in 2018 include: - Kaiser Permanente finalized an agreement for a major renewable energy purchase, enabling us to achieve our goal of becoming carbon neutral in 2020. Kaiser Permanente dedicated 14% of overall spending on products to items that met our Environmentally Preferable Purchasing standards and dedicated 34% of spending on food to items produced locally or from farms and producers that use sustainable practices, including using antibiotics responsibly. - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington responsibly reused, recycled or composted over 718 tons of materials and sent 42 of our waste to recycling. IV. Advance the Future of Community Health A. Summary of the Strategy Kaiser Permanente advances the future of community health by innovating with technology and social solutions. We need to increase our speed and capacity to respond to community needs and achieve equitable health outcomes. Innovation will increase our ability to identify, incubate and implement solutions to difficult community health problems. We work in partnership with our communities, using our collective knowledge to identify and implement creative solutions to difficult community health problems by: - Inspiring young people to pursue careers in health care - Conducting research to identify and eliminate disparities in care - Advancing health innovation and achieving greater and more equitable health outcomes In 2018, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington spent $10.7 million on programs to advance the future of community health (at cost, net of all related revenues). This included $9 million in health professional education and $1.7 million in research. B. Health Professionals Education Our Graduate Medical Education (GME) program provides training and education for medical residents and interns in the interest of educating the next generation of physicians. The nationally acclaimed program attracts some of the top medical school graduates in the United States and serves as a national model by exposing future health care providers to an integrated health care delivery system. Residents are offered the opportunity to serve a large, culturally diverse patient base in a setting with sophisticated technology and information systems, established clinical guidelines and an emphasis on preventive and primary care. In 2018, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington supported 39 interns and residents through the GME program. The majority of medical residents are studying within the primary care medicine areas of family practice, internal medicine, ob/gyn, pediatrics, preventive medicine, and psychiatry. In addition to GME, we provide a range of training and education programs for nurse practitioners, nurses, radiology and sonography technicians, physical therapists, post-graduate psychology and social work students, pharmacists, and other non-physician health professionals. C. Research Kaiser Permanente has a long history of conducting health research related to both prevention and treatment of disease that benefits its members, the communities it serves and the nation. Kaiser Permanente's research efforts are core to the organization's mission to improve population health, and its commitment to continued learning. Research activities are conducted at Kaiser Permanente's eight regional research centers and three national groups: Kaiser Permanente Research Bank, Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness & Safety Research; and Utility for Care Data Analysis. In addition, the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute administers and supports research at the research centers. Kaiser Permanente researchers study critical health issues including: cancer, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, behavioral and mental health, and health care delivery improvement. Kaiser Permanente Research is broadly focused on three themes: understanding health risks; addressing patients' needs and improving health outcomes; and informing policy and practice to facilitate the use of evidence-based care. Kaiser Permanente is uniquely positioned to do research due to its rich, longitudinal, electronic clinical databases that capture virtually complete health care delivery, payment, decision-making and behavioral data in detail to support primary, secondary and tertiary clinical care across inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings for its geographically and demographically diverse members. In 2018, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington engaged in 289 active studies including 39 clinical trials, and published 284 journal articles. The following is an example of a research project conducted in 2018: - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington's Research Center, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, published: Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Macrovascular Disease Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Severe obesity. The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between bariatric surgery and incident macrovascular (coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular diseases) events in patients with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes. The authors concluded that bariatric surgery was associated with a lower risk of incident major macrovascular events. D. Advancing Innovation Despite our nation's best efforts at addressing the myriad of challenges facing the health of our communities, we see that social, economic and health disparities among people continue to grow. At Kaiser Permanente, we're trying to shift that paradigm by working to advance conditions for health through the spread of best practices, innovation and technology. Kaiser Permanente works in partnership with our communities, using our collective knowledge to identify and implement creative solutions to difficult community health problems. Using technology as the backbone of our efforts, we are exploring new approaches for accelerating and scaling community health solutions to create greater impact. Together, we are advancing health innovation and achieving greater and more equitable health outcomes. Specific examples of our efforts in 2018 include: - Kaiser Permanente partnered with The Public Good Projects (PGP) to launch a strategy to reduce stigma and raise awareness around mental health conditions. PGP Mental Health campaign has three components which include Therapy Pets, Like One Another, and Mental Health Champions and each has its own audience. |
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