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Kaiser Permanente is an integrated nonprofit health system that combines a health plan, its own hospitals, and Permanente Medical Groups.
Kaiser Permanente was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Oakland, California. It is made up of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, and the regional Permanente Medical Groups, whose physicians make medical decisions for members. It is organized into regions covering Northern and Southern California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, the Mid-Atlantic States, the Northwest, and Washington, and its fast facts list 40 hospitals and 609 medical offices. In 2023 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals created Risant Health, a separate nonprofit that acquires community health systems, starting with Geisinger. Including Risant Health, the combined organization had 55 hospitals and 847 medical offices at the end of 2025.
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