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Small business health plans in Hawaii

As a busy entrepreneur, you need business health plans that are easy to use and affordable. Kaiser Permanente offers simple, cost-effective, and flexible multimarket solutions to employers with 50 or fewer full-time employees. Get the right mix of coverage, cost, and convenience to keep your employees and your business healthy.

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Featured plans and benefits

Investing in employee wellness leads to a stronger workforce — and a healthier business. With coverage from Kaiser Permanente, your employees get high-quality care and total health support when and where they need it.

Fitness perks

Support your employees’ fitness goals with Kaiser Permanente’s Fit Rewards program.*

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Employee assistance programs

Support your employees’ mental, physical, social, and financial health with an EAP from TELUS Health. 

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Find your health plan

Get to know the different plan types available for small businesses in Hawaii.

Available plan type Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Plans Deductible Health Maintenance Organization (DHMO) Plans Point of Service (POS) Plans
What is it? A plan that covers care from in-network physicians. With predictable costs and no deductibles, you know how much you’ll pay for services and prescriptions. An HMO plan with a deductible that offers lower rates. Employers and employees share costs. POS plans are available alongside an HMO or DHMO. Get the convenience of one health plan for all your employee benefits.
What's the advantage for employers?
  • Comprehensive coverage
  • Low, predictable out-of-pocket costs
  • User friendly
  • Easiest plan to administer
  • Highest level of employee satisfaction
  • Lower monthly rates
  • Wide range of deductibles, copays, and coinsurance options
  • Choice, flexibility, and convenience
  • Coverage for employees living and working outside our service areas
  • Referral-free access to an outside network of doctors and licensed providers
What’s the advantage for employees?
  • Low out-of-pocket costs
  • Care coordinated by a primary care physician
  • Easy to understand
  • No deductible
  • Copay or coinsurance amounts are known up front
  • Convenient for budgeting
  • Additional payment options
  • Lower premiums than regular HMO plans
  • Care coordinated by a primary care physician
  • Preventive services covered at little or no cost
  • Broader choice of primary care physicians
  • No referrals required for specialists
Is there out-of-network coverage? No (except for emergencies) No (except for emergencies) Yes, but at a higher cost
Annual deductible? No Yes Yes
Copays? Yes Yes Yes, for most in-network services; most out-of-network services require coinsurance payments
Is a primary care physician required? Yes Yes No
Is a referral required to see a specialist? Usually Usually No, but some services require precertification
Available plan type
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Plans
What is it?
A plan that covers care from in-network physicians. With predictable costs and no deductibles, you know how much you’ll pay for services and prescriptions.
What's the advantage for employers?
  • Comprehensive coverage
  • Low, predictable out-of-pocket costs
  • User friendly
  • Easiest plan to administer
  • Highest level of employee satisfaction
What’s the advantage for employees?
  • Low out-of-pocket costs
  • Care coordinated by a primary care physician
  • Easy to understand
  • No deductible
  • Copay or coinsurance amounts are known up front
  • Convenient for budgeting
  • Additional payment options
Is there out-of-network coverage?
No (except for emergencies)
Annual deductible?
No
Copays?
Yes
Is a primary care physician required?
Yes
Is a referral required to see a specialist?
Usually
Available plan type
Deductible Health Maintenance Organization (DHMO) Plans
What is it?
An HMO plan with a deductible that offers lower rates. Employers and employees share costs.
What's the advantage for employers?
  • Lower monthly rates
  • Wide range of deductibles, copays, and coinsurance options
What’s the advantage for employees?
  • Lower premiums than regular HMO plans
  • Care coordinated by a primary care physician
  • Preventive services covered at little or no cost
Is there out-of-network coverage?
No (except for emergencies)
Annual deductible?
Yes
Copays?
Yes
Is a primary care physician required?
Yes
Is a referral required to see a specialist?
Usually
Available plan type
Point of Service (POS) Plans
What is it?
POS plans are available alongside an HMO or DHMO. Get the convenience of one health plan for all your employee benefits.
What's the advantage for employers?
  • Choice, flexibility, and convenience
  • Coverage for employees living and working outside our service areas
  • Referral-free access to an outside network of doctors and licensed providers
What’s the advantage for employees?
  • Broader choice of primary care physicians
  • No referrals required for specialists
Is there out-of-network coverage?
Yes, but at a higher cost
Annual deductible?
Yes
Copays?
Yes, for most in-network services; most out-of-network services require coinsurance payments
Is a primary care physician required?
No
Is a referral required to see a specialist?
No, but some services require precertification

Multimarket solution

Our multimarket solution gives your employees freedom of choice. Employees living in other Kaiser Permanente service areas can receive traditional Kaiser Permanente coverage, with access to Kaiser Permanente doctors and medical facilities close to home.

Compare the cost of care

Our plan summary provides you with an overview of deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums, and the estimated cost of care and services for each business health plan.

 

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HMO and deductible HMO plans

Get preventive care services at little or no cost to you, and online features that let you manage your care.

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Occupational health

Get occupational health and safety services through Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job®.

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Ancillary benefits

You don’t have to spend a lot to add valuable ancillary benefits to your employee health care plans.

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Frequently asked questions

Footnotes:

  • *The services described above are not covered under your health plan benefits and are not subject to the terms set forth in your Evidence of Coverage or other plan documents. These services may be discontinued at any time without notice.