Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest and most influential healthcare systems in the United States, has partnered with The Innova Group for several years for a broad range of planning services. Throughout this long affiliation, Innova has provided assistance and leadership to KP’s internal staff for unique project requirements and during workload surges in the areas of capital planning, business planning, strategic planning, and facility planning. Examples of projects by The Innova Group include:

• Provided region-wide “delivery system planning” in multiple regions: worked with regional and national planning staff to develop a fact- based, portfolio-driven approach to prioritizing ambulatory care and acute care investments
• Assisted with the scoping, scaling, and scenario alternatives for large hospital replacement projects
• Wrote business cases and prepared Board of Directors presentations for funding of multiple large medical office buildings, acute care additions & replacements, and administrative buildings
• Completed master planning for inpatient & ambulatory care in a complex multi-location area
• Using standards and prototypes, provided medical planning assistance for a large medical office building and behavioral health specialty outpatient center
• Facilitated large multidisciplinary off-site meetings
• Developed a proprietary facility assessment tool for use in region-wide and national level capital investment prioritization