Company type | Non-profit |
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Industry | Healthcare |
Founded | 2023 |
Founder | Kaiser Permanente |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Central North Carolina and northeastern and western Pennsylvania |
Key people | Jaewon Ryu (CEO) |
Owner | Kaiser Permanente |
Number of employees | 39,500 |
Subsidiaries | Cone Health and Geisinger Health System |
Website | risanthealth |
Risant Health is a private, nonprofit organization formed by Kaiser Permanente based in Washington, D.C..
Risant was seeded with a $5 billion investment from Oakland, California-based Kaiser to build "a value-based technology platform, a suite of capabilities to improve how and where patients get their care." [1]
Risant has acquired Cone Health, headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina and Geisinger Health System, headquartered in Danville, Pennsylvania. [2] [3] Each health network will retain its own branding and will not adopt the Risant or Kaiser brand. [4]
Risant, via Cone Health, serves people in Guilford County, North Carolina, Rockingham County, North Carolina, Forsyth County, North Carolina, Alamance County, North Carolina and surrounding counties in central North Carolina and, via Geisinger Health System, in Danville, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, State College and surrounding counties in northeastern and western Pennsylvania. [5] [6]
Risant's chief executive officer (CEO) is Jaewon Ryu, former CEO of Geisinger. [7]
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