2011 Community Investment
Health Access: $646 million
- Charity Care – Medical Financial Assistance Program
- Charity Care – Charitable Coverage Programs
- Medi-Cal to Members and Non-Members
- Healthy Families
- Grants/Donations for Care and Coverage
- Grants/Donations for Community Clinics and Other Safety Net Providers
Healthy Communities: $11 million
- Community Health Initiatives Programs and Services
- Grants/Donations for Community Health Initiatives
- Educational Theatre Programs
Health Knowledge: $140 million
- Medical Research
- Interns & Residents (Graduate Medical Education)
- Nurse and Other Health Care Professional Training Programs
- Grants/Donations for Health Care Professionals Training & Education
Other Community Benefit: $11 million
- Youth Internship Programs
- Community Giving Programs
- Other Grants/Donations for Nonprofit Organizations
- Other Community Benefit Activities
2011 Highlights
- Invested approximately $808 million in communities
- Reached over 400,000 students and their families with messages about healthy choices through our Educational Theatre Programs
- Made 53,500 Medical Financial Assistance awards totaling $89 million
- Enrollment in our Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health, to help identify genetic and environmental factors influencing common diseases, reached 200,000 members
- Invested $10 million to launch Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Zones to combat obesity in low-income communities
- Expanded charitable coverage memberships, covering over 217,000 low-income Northern Californians
- Generated $2.1 million for 2,493 non-profit organizations through Kaiser Permanente's Community Giving Campaign
- Invested $10.5 million to help community clinics and public hospitals increase access to care and implement new programs