Achievements
Kaiser Permanente receives consistently high marks in quality measurement surveys conducted by independent review organizations. Most recently, six Kaiser Permanente regions were awarded top national and regional ratings in the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) 2003 State of Health Care Quality report.
Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California, Southern California, Northwest, and Hawaii regions were rated in NCQA’s Top Five Pacific regions. Kaiser Permanente Georgia was among the Top Five in the Southern Atlantic region, and Kaiser Permanente Colorado rated among the Top Five regional health plans as well as one of the Top Ten health plans in the nation.
In 2003, Kaiser Permanente received 20 national environmental awards and an honorable mention from the federal Environmental Protection Agency under the 2003 Climate Change WasteWise Award.
