Kaiser Permanente’s efforts to expand its services and membership base not only benefit its members, they also profit various communities as jobs are created. In 2005, the leading HMO provider issued a news release that discussed their continued success, as well as plans for ongoing development at the cost of over $20 billion. How is Kaiser Permanente able to fund these endeavors? According to a statement in the same article from Chairman and CEO, George Halvorson, “Wise use of our membership dollars allows us to fund our new hospitals, seismic retrofitting, facility improvements and KP HealthConnect, our new electronic physician-support tool.” Six years later, are their plans coming to pass? Let’s allow the building projects to answer the question.

Anaheim: Kaiser Permanente is investing $500 million to transform 27 acres of land into a medical campus, which will include a 262-bed replacement hospital. The first building will open in the fall of 2011, with remaining facilities being completed by 2013.

Elk Grove: A 64,579 square-foot medical office building is underway to help serve Elk Grove’s growing population.

Fontana: With a $430 million construction budget, plans are underway to build a new seven-story, 314-bed hospital to replace the current Kaiser Permanente location. Among other things, the new building is being constructed to meet California’s new building codes for earthquake safety. The hospital is scheduled to open in December 2012.
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Posted: April 25th, 2011 under Kaiser Permanente.
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We are pleased to announce our newest member of the KaiserQuotes.com team. Ronnie Neuerburg will be filling the role as a California Benefit Specialist.

He has a history of working for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders organization for eight years in the late eighties to the mid-nineties as a coach’s assistant and equipment assistant, traveling around the country and London, England in 1990 and Tokyo, Japan in 1991.

Ronnie worked a short stint for his family’s business at Neuerburg’s Garment Lettering in Rohnert Park while getting his “feet wet” in sales following his mother and father’s example set before him. “My Dad and best friend taught me to be of service to others and be a man of your word.” I try to put those words of wisdom to work in my life, work and religion.
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Posted: April 18th, 2011 under California, Kaiser Permanente.
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As an employer, should you be concerned about an employees’ well-being? Before you answer ‘no’, consider the five ways below on how an employees’ health affects your bottom line:

1. When an employee is out sick, customers end up having to wait. Inconvenienced customers often end up becoming someone else’s customer.

2. When workers are absent, the staff that picks up the extra work frequently end up overworked and stressed. Stress is known to contribute to a number of ailments and complications that could lead to illness. Pretty soon, these employees are taking time off themselves.

3. Stressed workers are more apt to get snappy with customers, which translates to more lost business. As a business owner, your profitability and also your reputation as a business are affected. Sickly employees and absenteeism can lead to bad publicity.
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Posted: April 13th, 2011 under Small Business.
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