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Causes: Group Health Practices, Health
Mission: To provide high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve.
Programs: Member health care services and medical training to improve care kaiser foundation health plan, inc. Provides medical and surgical care, including urgent care services, extended care and home health care, for its members without regards to age, sex, race, religion or national origin or the ability to pay. Kaiser foundation health plan, inc. Educates and trains medical students and other health care professionals and promotes scientific and nursing education in order to improve care.
medicaid and other government sponsored programs kaiser foundation health plan (kfhp, inc. ) is committed to improving medical care for beneficiaries of medicaid and other government sponsored programs, not only for kfhp, inc. Members, but also within the communities we serve. At the end of 2014, nearly 534,000 individuals were receiving the benefits of full membership in kfhp, inc. 's medicaid managed care programs in the states of california and hawaii. Approximately 3,300 more individuals were members of the children's health insurance program (chip). In addition, kfhp, inc. Provided health care on a fee-for-service basis for medicaid beneficiaries who were not enrolled as kfhp, inc. Members.
charity care (medical financial assistance and charitable health coverage) kaiser foundation health plan (kfhp, inc. ) provides charity care to low-income vulnerable patients through the medical financial assistance (mfa) and charitable health coverage (chc) programs. Kfhp, inc. Offers financial assistance through the mfa program to help families and individuals with a demonstrated financial need pay for all or part of the cost of emergency or medically necessary care provided in kaiser permanente facilities and/or by kaiser permanente providers. In 2014, this program assisted approximately 160,000 qualifying applicants, including more than 44,000 patients who were not covered by a kfhp, inc. Product. The chc programs offer regular kaiser foundation health plan membership at minimal cost to low income families who are not eligible for other public or privately sponsored coverage. Approximately 75,000 individuals were receiving comprehensive health care through these programs at the end of 2014.
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