Thrive or Revive? The Kaiser Permanente 'Thrive' Marketing Programs

by Kristiana Raube, Lynn Upshaw


In the Fall of 2013, Christine Paige, Kaiser Permanente's Senior Vice President of Marketing was preparing for an upcoming executive committee meeting in which she needed to recommend some critical changes to Kaiser's long-running and successful 'Thrive' marketing programs. Since launching the Thrive campaign in 2004, much had changed, particularly in the external environment in terms of the greater healthcare reforms and 'me too' competition from other healthcare companies. Paige faced a series of issues: (1) How should Kaiser Permanente capitalize on the widespread success of its innovative Thrive healthcare marketing programs; (2) How could Kaiser's marketing become even more accountable in terms of generating tangible membership gains; (3) What is Kaiser's best marketing strategy moving forward, given the rise of competition that was mimicking its wellness approach; and (4) How could Kaiser's marketing programs best weather what would likely be a difficult transition period when the controversial Affordable Care Act was fully implemented, beginning in 2014?.

Learning Objectives


To provide students with a marketing case study in the competitive and changing healthcare industry, particularly with a company that has been successful in terms of marketing, but now must re-evaluate their marketing strategy in the midst of healthcare changes and industry changes.

Details

Pub Date: Mar 9, 2014

Discipline: Marketing

Subjects: Health care, Marketing, Market analysis, Market positioning, Brand management

Product #: B5804-PDF-ENG

Industry: Health care services,Health insurance

Geography: United States, California

Length: 11 page(s)


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