Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan) CEO salary and executive pay
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan paid its CEO, Gregory Adams, $12,976,050 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $254,604 (2.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $82,490,440,881, up 9.8% from $75,101,306,911 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan ranks 14th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as Kaiser Permanente.
See also: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, which reports the same executives on its own return.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-1340523, Oakland, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$12,976,050
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Paul Minardi (EVP and CEO of KPMF), $2,094,728.
- Total revenue
- $82,490,440,881
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 0%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349309715.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 183rd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.02% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Kaiser Permanente is not one legal entity. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan pays the chairman and CEO; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals files its own return listing the same executives, paid through related organizations. The Permanente Medical Groups are separate and do not file a Form 990.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 50 people were paid more than $500,000, 41 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEO | $12,976,050 |
| Kimberly HornEVP, Group President, MOC | $6,474,308 |
| Janet LiangEVP, Group President & COO | $5,011,705 |
| Kathryn LancasterEVP & CFO | $5,004,087 |
| Brandon CuevasEVP, Health Plan | $4,354,878 |
Also paid on the latest return: Yazdi Bagli (EVP, Enterprise Business Svcs), $3,822,029; Carrie Plietz (Regional President - NCAL), $3,326,860; Chuck Bevilacqua (SVP, Health Plan Product, Svc), $3,007,814; Gregory Holmes (EVP, Chief HR Officer), $2,671,910; Paul Swenson (EVP, Chief Admin Officer), $2,648,633; Vanessa Benavides (EVP,Chief Legal Officer & Secy), $2,623,191; Andrew Bindman (EVP, Chief Medical Officer), $2,594,208; Samuel Glick (EVP, Enterprise Strat, Bus Dev), $2,593,047; Chandrika Bhalla (SVP, CFO - Hospital Mkts & FP), $2,397,170; Michelle Gaskill (Regional President - SCAL & HI), $2,318,703; Pamela Shipley (SVP, Health Plan Innovation), $2,128,599; Thomas Hanenburg (SVP, Ambulatory Operations), $2,128,422; Paul Minardi (EVP and CEO of KPMF), $2,094,728; Bechara Choucair (EVP, Chief Health Officer), $2,039,368; Michael Rowe (SVP, Chf Bus Dev & Strat Exec), $1,972,929; and 47 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEO | $12,976,050 | $82,490,440,881 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEO | $12,721,446 | $75,101,306,911 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEO | $13,697,450 | $70,804,102,457 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349309715.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Gregory Adams*Chairman & CEO | $12,789,811 | $186,239 | $2,195,616 | $9,348,865 | $1,245,330 | $152,508 | $33,731 | $12,976,050 |
| Kimberly Horn*EVP, Group President, MOC | $5,678,798 | $795,510 | $26,092 | $2,984,810 | $2,667,896 | $793,971 | $1,539 | $6,474,308 |
| Janet Liang*EVP, Group President & COO | $4,322,020 | $689,685 | $1,312,190 | $2,487,529 | $522,301 | $643,461 | $46,224 | $5,011,705 |
| Kathryn Lancaster*EVP & CFO | $4,850,102 | $153,985 | $1,322,140 | $2,987,353 | $540,609 | $132,955 | $21,030 | $5,004,087 |
| Brandon CuevasEVP, Health Plan | $3,512,002 | $842,876 | $1,314,589 | $345,958 | $1,851,455 | $807,302 | $35,574 | $4,354,878 |
These figures come from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Kaiser Foundation Health Plan compares
Ranked 14th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 13th, UPMC, $13,324,020
- Next in this ranking: 15th, Bon Secours Mercy Health, $12,809,033
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
UPMC$13,324,020 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Mayo Clinic$4,888,096 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
CommonSpirit Health$14,175,319 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Bon Secours Mercy Health$12,809,033 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
BJC HealthCare$5,392,901 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Gregory Adams (Chairman & CEO) was paid $12,976,050 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $12,789,811 from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and $186,239 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Gregory Adams, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $12,976,050.
Kaiser Permanente is not one legal entity. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan pays the chairman and CEO; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals files its own return listing the same executives, paid through related organizations. The Permanente Medical Groups are separate and do not file a Form 990.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan paid its CEO, Gregory Adams, $12,976,050 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $254,604 (2.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Gregory Adams, paid $13,697,450. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $13,697,450 (Gregory Adams); December 2023, $12,721,446; December 2024, $12,976,050.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $82,234,695,814 and total revenue of $82,490,440,881 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $255,745,067. Expenses were $74,356,004,001 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 10.6%. The CEO's pay of $12,976,050 equals 0.02% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan) filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.