Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 137. Chapters: A.D.A.M., Inc., AccentHealth, Accessible Home Health Care, ACTS Retirement-Life Communities, Acumed, Adventist HealthCare, Allscripts, All Smiles Dental Centers, Altarum Institute, AMN Healthcare, Anthem (insurance), Aspen Dental, Athenahealth, ATS Medical, Aurora Health Care, Baxter International, Bernell Corporation, BJC HealthCare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Bon Secours Charity Health System, Boston Scientific, Cardinal Health, Care.com, CareFusion, CareMore, CareStar, Catamaran Corporation, Cerner, CHRISTUS Health, Community Healthcare Network, Concentra, Conceptus Inc., Covenant Health Systems, Coventry Health Care, CryoLife, CyraCom, DaVita, Delcath Systems, Inc., DeRoyal, Diagnostic Health Corporation, Dial Corporation, Dynasplint Systems, Eclipsys, Ecumen, Emdeon, Emergycare, Epic Systems, Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, Forte Research Systems, Ganeden Biotech, Genesis HealthCare, Gentiva Health Services, GE Healthcare, GNS Healthcare, Green House Project, Gwinnett Medical Center, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Hawaii Pacific Health, HCR Manor Care, HealthCentral, HealthSouth, Health Dialog, Health First, Health Integrated, Health Net, Hologic, Home Instead Senior Care, Iasis Healthcare, ICAD Inc., Information & Quality Healthcare, Inovalon, Intelligent Medical Objects, Intermountain Healthcare, Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Jackson Health System, John Snow, Inc, Juniper Advisory, Juno Healthcare Staffing, Kaiser Permanente, Kindred Healthcare, Kool Smiles, L.A. Care Health Plan, LaserBand, Life Line Screening, Logistics Health Incorporated, Lombart Instrument, Lourdes Health System, MEDITECH, MedStar Health, Medtronic, Merit Medical Systems, MHM Services, Miralus Healthcare, Mississippi Foundation For Medical Care, Missouri Foundation for Health, Morrison Management Specialists, MultiCare, Navilyst Medical, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Neuronetics, Nortec Software, North American Medical Management, NovaCare Rehabilitation, NurseFinders, Omnicare, Osseon Therapeutics, Pacific Interpreters, Patient First, Physicians Health Choice, Pioneer Surgical Technology, Primaris, PSA Healthcare, PSS World Medical, Quantros, ReachOut Healthcare America, Repository for Germinal Choice, Sarrell Dental & Eye Centers, Small Smiles Dental Centers, Spenco, Sun Orthodontix, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, TriStar Health System, Tuality Healthcare, U.S. HealthWorks, UbiCare, United Surgical Partners International, Universal Health Services, Vecna Technologies, Vertos Medical, Inc., Virginia Health Quality Center, VSP Vision Care, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, WellCare Health Plans, WellChoice, WellMed Medical Management, Inc., WellPoint, Zynx Health. Excerpt: Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield. Kaiser Permanente is made up of three distinct groups of entities: the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and its regional operating subsidiaries; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; and the autonomous regional Permanente Medical Groups. As of 2006, Kaiser Permanente operates in nine states and the District of Columbia, and is the largest managed care organization in the United States. Kaiser Permanente has 8.9 million health plan members, 167,300 employees, 14,600 physicians, 37 medical centers, and 611 medical offices. In its most recently reported year, the non-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals entities reported a combined $1.6 billion in net income on $47.9 billion in operating revenues. Each independent Permanente Medical Group operates as a separate for-profit partnership or professional corporation in its individual territory, and while none...