Kaiser Permanente to open Springs center for seniors
September 14, 2009 5:14 PM | RICH LADEN | The Gazette
Kaiser Permanente Colorado will open its first Colorado Springs medical office Oct. 1, a facility on the city’s north side that will offer primary care for seniors.
The nonprofit health insurance company and medical provider — one of the largest in Colorado and the nation — has had only administrative offices in Colorado Springs since coming here in 1997; its clients receive services from a network of more than 800 physicians.
But as part of a southern Colorado expansion, Kaiser looked at client needs in the Pikes Peak region and determined its senior members need a place to go for primary care, in part because fewer physicians are accepting new Medicare patients, said Public Affairs Director C. J. Moore.
“Let’s face it: Boomers are aging, and they are going to have to have places to go for care,” Moore said.
The 20,000-square-foot Briargate Senior Health Centeris at 4501 Briargate Parkway, in a building across from Memorial Hospital North.
The office will provide services to Kaiser’s 800 senior members in the Colorado Springs area; the facility’s services will be optional and members won’t be required to use them, Moore said.
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