What is it like to do a residency in an HMO setting? Are there restrictions on ordering tests?
A fundamental fact at Kaiser Permanente is that we are physician driven. Thus, Kaiser Permanente physicians are free to order the laboratory, radiographic, and other tests deemed necessary without seeking pre approval from health plan administrators. As in any residency training program, there is education as to the utility and cost of evaluations in the framework of evidence based medicine.
