Please Note: Permanente Advantage IS NOT AVAILABLE to members who have KP HMO, Medicare (Senior Advantage) or Self-funded products/plans.
Permanente Advantage IS ONLY available to the regions for members in the following regions with the following KPIC product plans:
California (Northern & Southern)
“Added Choice” Point-of-Service (POS) (3-tier)
School of Medicine (Self-Funded)
Colorado
2 Tier Point-of-Service (POS)
3 Tier Point-of-Service (POS)
PPO – Preferred Provider
Level Funded (Self-Funded)
Georgia
“Added Choice” Point-of-Service (POS)
“Dual Choice” PPO
“Multi Choice” POS (3-tier)
Out-of-area PPO
AON Hewitt Private Exchange (2-tier) (POS)
Level Funded (Self-Funded)
Hawaii
“Added Choice” POS
Mid-Atlantic States (Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C.)
“Added Choice” Point-of-Service (POS) (3-tier)
Out-of-Area PPO
AON Hewitt Private Exchange (2-tier) (POS)
*Kaiser Permanente's Added Choice Plan is underwritten by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (KFHP) and Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company (KPIC). The HMO tier is underwritten by KFHP, and the Out of Network tier is underwritten by KPIC, a subsidiary of KFHP.
**Kaiser Permanente's PPO and Out-of-Area Indemnity Plans are underwritten by KPIC, a subsidiary of KFHP.
To learn about the pre-certification process for routine, urgent and hospital admissions requests, and turnaround times, please visit our Pre-certification Requests link.