December 12, 2025
Our California health plans honored with top ratings
Kaiser Permanente receives 5 out of 5 stars for overall quality of care from the California Center for Data Insights and Innovation and from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Two independent ratings gave our California health plans 5 out of 5 stars in their recent reports.
California Center for Data Insights and Innovation ratings
In the 2025-2026 Health Care Quality Report Card, Kaiser Permanente’s Northern and Southern California health plans received 5 out of 5 stars for overall quality of medical care. We’ve kept this score for 4 years in a row.
This rating comes from California’s Center for Data Insights and Innovation, formerly known as the Office of the Patient Advocate. The report compares the state’s 19 largest health plans on more than 30 quality care measures, like heart care and prenatal care.
Here’s what else stands out.
- For 18 years in a row, one or more of our California plans has earned the top rating for quality of medical care.
- Our California plans were the only ones in the state to get 5 stars for behavioral and mental health care. This is the seventh year in a row.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (through Covered California)
Covered California is the state’s health insurance exchange, also known as the marketplace, created by the Affordable Care Act. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rates health plans offered through the exchanges. In their most recent report, CMS also gave our California health plan a perfect 5 out of 5 stars for “Overall Quality.”
CMS scores health plans based on clinical data. It looks at measures such as blood pressure control, rate of cancer screenings, and diabetes care.
Kaiser Permanente has earned a 5-star rating from CMS for 7 years in a row. No other qualified health plan in California available on Covered California got 5 stars.
The 2026 star ratings compare the 15 largest health plans in California.
In addition to overall quality, we also earned 5 stars in “Getting the Right Care.” This means our doctors and care teams help members stay healthy better than the national average. This measure looks at things like controlling blood pressure and cholesterol and making sure patients get the right medicine.
Why these ratings matter
These ratings show that our coordinated, value-based model of care makes a difference to our members. We help them stay healthy and get the right care when they need it.
Note: CMS scores qualified health plans offered through the exchanges using the Quality Rating System based on third-party validated clinical measure data and qualified health plan enrollee survey responses. CMS calculates QRS ratings yearly on a 5-star scale. Qualified health plan issuers work with Department of Health and Human Services-approved survey vendors that independently conduct the survey each year. QRS ratings and qualified health plans enrollee survey results may change from year to year.
