Program areas at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington
Member Health care services and medical training for care improvement Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, inc. (kfhp-wa) 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. Kfhp-wa educates and trains medical students and other Health care professionals and promotes scientific and nursing education in order to improve care for our members and our community. Kfhp-wa directly invests in improvements in community Health by working to increase access to Health care, improving the conditions for Health and equity and providing Health education.
Charity care (medical financial assistance) Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (kfhp-wa) provides charity care to low income vulnerable patients through the medical financial assistance (mfa) program. Kfhp-wa 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 2022, this program assisted a total of 14,600 patients through financial assistance.
Medicaid and other government sponsored programs Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (kfhp-wa) is committed to improving medical care for beneficiaries of medicaid and other government sponsored programs, not only for kfhp-wa members, but also, within the communities we serve. At the end of 2022, a total of 34,000 individuals were receiving benefits through kfhp-wa's medicaid managed care contracts.
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