Kaiser Permanente's New Strategic Direction to benefit more Georgian's
Kaiser Permanente's new strategic direction will bring its coordinated care system to customers in Georgia. By Internalizing services and creating strong core hospital relationships, Kaiser Permanente will provide more members with better services and benefits.
The key to Kaiser Permanente's strategic vision will be the creation of new medical centers in the Atlanta metro area.
Kaiser Permanente’s New Network Strategic Direction
The Kaiser Permanente expansion plan will include up to 10 new Medical Centers throughout metro Atlanta and surrounding areas in 2010 and another 8 to 10 in 2011. This will allow the carrier to more than double its number of medical centers from 17 to over 35, supporting the goal of having a medical center within 20 minutes of 100% of members.
Kaiser Permanente also aims to reduce their reliance on outside physicians. Whilst this does mean a change of Physisican for those people currently under the Kaiser Permanete HMO Network or the Multi-Choice Tier 1 Network, by providing more services in-house, Kaiser Permanente aims to provide more coordinated care for its members
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Interestingly, we have been contacted by one of the doctors affected by Kaiser's decision to reduce their reliance on outside physicians, preferring to bring all services in house. The doctor was concerned about continued patient care under the new Kaiser health program and indicated they would like to continue to see "their" patients.
Patients too, who would prefer to stay with "their" doctor have been asking if there is any way they can change health benefit plans so they can do just that.
As we all know, every health benefit provider goes through a period of change and reorganisation. They change health benefits and health insurance plans, and sometimes the plan "we" were on - may no longer suit us or our long-term health insurance needs. That being so, it is always a good idea (if your plans are about to change, or have changed - to review all the available health plans and health insurance options available to you. Obviously if you would like to speak to us, we would be more than happy to discuss your health benefits options with you, to see if you are getting the best deal.
