KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL – FRESNO
1. Community Benefit Plan
Click on the button below to download the community benefit plan.
The documents are being made available as provided by the facility, in accordance with Health and safety Code 127350 and California Code of Regulations Section 95102. If there are any issues with accessibility, please notify us directly at communitybenefit@hcai.ca.gov
Download2. Community Health Needs Assessment
The web address where the Community Benefit Plan is published on the hospital's website:
https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/doctors-locations/community-reports
The year the hospital last conducted a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA):
2025
What community groups attended or engaged with the most recent CHNA process? Identify the vulnerable populations represented by these:
Kaiser Permanente's approach to CHNA prioritizes collecting qualitative data primarily through key informant interviews with individuals representing the broad interests of the community, including expertise in public health and knowledge about challenges affecting those disadvantaged by their social or economic status, geographic location, and environment. The key informant selection process aims to represent a range of community voices across all populations in that community, especially vulnerable populations. In the most recent CHNA process key informants included leaders from organizations representing local, state, and/or tribal public health, key sectors engaged in solutions (e.g., housing, economic opportunity), and those serving specific communities (e.g., people with disabilities, people who are unhoused). As part of the CHNA process, Kaiser Permanente considers both quantitative and qualitative data to inform the prioritization of health needs for a community. Community voice through qualitative data is weighted highly in the prioritization process, above quantitative measures. In addition, Kaiser Permanente is committed to partnering with hospitals, local and tribal public health agencies, and community organizations to understand needs and advance health and health equity in the communities we serve. Kaiser Permanente also developed a free, web-based data platform that provides access to a core set of 85 publicly available indicators using the County Health Rankings population health framework, which emphasizes social and environmental determinants of health. The public is able to view and download information from the Community Health data platform (https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/kp.chna.data.platform/viz/2025CommunityHealthNeedsDashboard/1a_StartHere).
Does the Hospital make the CHNA report widely available to the public?
Yes
How the hospital made the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) available to the public:
Kaiser Permanente conducts a CHNA every three years and develops an Implementation Strategy (IS) to address identified priority needs. Both Kaiser Permanente’s CHNA and IS reports are widely available to the public. To view or download CHNA and three year IS reports, please refer to Kaiser Permanente Community Health Needs Assessments (https://www.kp.org/chna). In addition, printed copies of the reports are available for public review upon request at each hospital facility. The IS report will also be filed with the Internal Revenue Service using Form 990, Schedule H.
The web address where the CHNA is publicly accessible:
3. Community Benefit Expenses
| Vulnerable Population | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Charity Care | $ 22,450,028 |
| Medi-Cal | $ 14,082,440 |
| Other Means-Tested Government (Indigent Care) | $ 0 |
| Sum Financial Assistance and Means-Tested Government Programs | $ 36,532,468 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Improvement | $ 98,959 | $ 0 | $ 98,959 |
| Community Benefit Operations | $ 0 | $ 193,657 | $ 193,657 |
| Health Professions Education | $ 1,053,535 | $ 263,384 | $ 1,316,919 |
| Subsidized Health Services | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Research | $ 888,203 | $ 457,559 | $ 1,345,762 |
| Cash and In-kind Contributions for Community Benefits | $ 933,423 | $ 13,954 | $ 947,377 |
| Other Community Benefits | $ 0 | $ 32,038 | $ 32,038 |
| Total Other Benefits | $ 2,974,120 | $ 960,592 | $ 3,934,712 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Community Benefits* | $ 39,506,588 | $ 960,592 | $ 40,467,180 |
| Medicare | $ 92,781,652 | $ 92,781,652 | |
| Total Community Benefits with Medicare | $ 132,288,240 | $ 960,592 | $ 133,248,832 |
*Aggregate from tables above.
Other relevant information to the hospital's community benefit plan not otherwise captured:
Kaiser Permanente leadership reviewed and attested to the validity of the hospital Community Benefit Plan. The data and information reported is true, correct, and completed as required by Health and Safety Code sections 127340-127360 and Article 2 of Chapter 8.2 of Division 7 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations requiring all non-profit hospitals report on the community benefits they provide. Yvette Radford, Vice President, External & Community Affairs Mike Bowers, Regional President