Awards

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While other health plans continue to reinvent themselves, Kaiser Permanente has consistently maintained our commitment to quality care and member satisfaction.

2008 Quality Accolades

• 2008 NCQA, Quality Compass, Kaiser Permanente Southern California – highest breast cancer screening rate of all reporting health plans nationally
• U.S. News & World Report – Kaiser Permanente Southern California 5 out of 5 stars in "Treatment" and "Prevention" for Medicare patients in 2008
• California's Office of the Patient Advocate's HMO Quality Report – Kaiser Permanente Southern California received four out of four stars for meeting national standards of care
• U.S. News & World Report – Kaiser Permanente Southern California, #2 Commercial plan in California
• U.S. News & World Report – Kaiser Permanente Southern California #2 Medicare plan in U.S.
• 2008 California Cooperative Healthcare Reporting Initiative (CCHRI) Report on Quality – Southern California top performing plan in California for colorectal cancer screening
• J.D. Power and Associates National Health Insurance Plan Study – Kaiser Foundation Health Plans highest in customer satisfaction in California
• Kaiser Permanente Kids in Dynamic Shape (KP KIDS) wins 2008 eValue8 Health Plan Innovation Award from National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH)
• Kaiser Permanente Bellflower and South Bay named Leapfrog Group 2008 Top Hospitals
• 12 KPSC Medical Centers received Top Performing Provider Group Awards by Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA)
• 2008 Standards of Excellence "Elite Status" awarded to SCPMG by The California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG)
• 2009 Vohs Award for Quality winner – Kaiser Permanente Southern California “Healthy Bones Model of Care”
• R.J. Erickson Diversity Achievement Awards winners: Group Category, Panorama City Diversity Advisory Team; Facility Category, Regional Offices Spanish Language Task Force of Southern California

Past Accolades

• Money Magazine (1990-1993), “Best HMO in America”
• Pacific Currents Survey (1995), “Highest Member Satisfaction”
• CareData Survey (June 1995), “Highest Member Satisfaction”
• Newsweek Magazine (June 1996), “Best HMO in California”
• A Consumer Reporting Magazine (July 1996), “Best HMO in California”
• SACHS Group Honor Roll (1997), “Best HMO in California”
• CareData Survey (August 1997), “Highest Member Satisfaction”
• U.S. News & World Report (October 1997), “Best HMO in California”
• Newsweek Magazine (December 1997), “Best HMO in California”
• U.S. News & World Report (September 1998), “Best HMO in California”
• Newsweek Magazine (September 1998), “Best HMO in California”
• A Consumer Reporting Magazine (July 1998), “Best HMO in California”
• California Cooperative Healthcare Reporting Initiative (1999), “Best Performing HMO”
• Newsweek Magazine (November 1999), “Best HMO in California”
• California Cooperative Healthcare Reporting Initiative (2000), “Best Performing HMO”
• California Cooperative Healthcare Reporting Initiative (2001), “Best Performing HMO”
• A Consumer Reporting Magazine (Sept. 2001), “Best HMO in California”
• California Cooperative Healthcare Reporting Initiative (2002), “Best Performing HMO”
• A Consumer Reporting Magazine (Sept. 2003), “Best HMO in California”
• A Consumer Reporting Magazine (Sept. 2005), “Best HMO in California”
• California Cooperative Healthcare Reporting Initiative (2006), “Best Performing HMO”
• U.S. News & World Report (May 2007), “Best HMO in California”

With all the problems that are so prevalent in the healthcare industry, the HMO who pioneered the pre-payment model of care has consistently set the benchmark for quality and member satisfaction.