From breaking ground on new facilities to new leadership appointments, here are 20 updates to know on Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente from the first half of 2025, as reported by Becker’s.
- Kaiser Permanente Ventures is among the investors in an AI startup focused on medication management, as the venture capital arm of the Oakland, Calif.-based health system participated in a $30 million series C funding round June 24 for Arine.
- The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in Pasadena, Calif., partnered with the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School in Los Angeles to launch an integrated MD/MBA program.
- The company recorded an operating income of $932 million (2.9% operating margin) in the first quarter of 2025, compared to an operating income of $935 million (3.4% margin) in the first quarter of 2024.
- Approximately 2,400 mental health workers ended a strike that began Oct. 21, 2024, after reaching a tentative labor contract with Kaiser Permanente.
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California has more than doubled its colorectal cancer screening rates over the past two decades — from 37.4% in 2000 to 79.8% in 2019 — through a proactive outreach program that has also significantly reduced mortality.
- Dale Gold, MD, joined Kaiser Permanente Medical Foundation as its chief medical informatics officer.
- Kaiser Permanente laid off 38 California employees across multiple locations. The positions were primarily business function-related and do not provide patients direct care, according to the company.
- Kaiser Permanente was hit with $819,500 in fines after state officials said the organization delayed handling complaints from health plan members.
- Neil Cowles was appointed as the company’s new chief information and technology officer.
- Kaiser Permanente activated the largest hospital-based renewable energy microgrid in the U.S. at its Ontario (Calif.) Medical Center.
- Kaiser Permanente announced plans to construct a new hospital tower at its Sunnyside Medical Center campus in Clackamas, Ore.
- The company broke ground on a $1 billion, 18-acre hospital campus in Sacramento.
- Risant Health, the nonprofit formed by Kaiser Permanente, appointed three leaders to accelerate the development of the value-based platform.
- The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in Pasadena, Calif., received initial accreditation.
- Kaiser Permanente plans to cut 52 California positions, most tied to its Educational Theatre outreach initiative, which uses arts-based learning to promote health and wellness.
- Corwin Harper rejoined the company as president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia.
- Kaiser Permanente led a $275 million funding round for Innovaccer, healthcare data company.
- More than 450 resident physicians in Northern California reached a tentative labor contract with Kaiser Permanente.
- Fitch Ratings marked Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health’s bond rating at “AA-“, down from “AA”, after joining Risant Health with its rating outlook stable.
- Habitat Health, launched in 2024 by Kaiser Permanente and healthcare investment firm Town Hall Ventures, opened its first Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) center in Sacramento, Calif.
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