We combine health care and coverage in one connected system to maximize employee health and minimize employer costs. Through a shared electronic health record, our care teams make decisions collaboratively to provide coordinated, personalized care. Fragmented care was the norm for Coloradan Greta Walker — until she transitioned her care and coverage to Kaiser Permanente. See more CO member stories.
Introducing the Kaiser Permanente Choice PPO.3 We’re expanding our nationally recognized value-based health care to reach more Coloradans. Kaiser Permanente’s new Choice PPO is offered alongside one of our traditional plans and is available to Colorado employers with more than 100 employees. It features a blend of Kaiser Permanente’s integrated health care and coverage with an extended network of leading Colorado doctors and hospitals, including access to providers across the state.
This expansion is part of our commitment to meet the health care needs of a growing Colorado — and to better meet our goal of growing our nonprofit, value-based care model. There are many benefits for Coloradans who will be able to receive medical care from Kaiser Permanente’s best-in-class physicians and clinicians while also enjoying the flexibility and convenience of additional options.
The Choice PPO is available now, with effective coverage dates of January 1, 2024.
Kaiser Permanente is different from other health plans. We offer more ways to access care with convenient, in-person and 24/7 virtual options, self-care apps, prescription delivery by mail4 and extended care hours. In most of our 29 medical offices, members can see a doctor, fill a prescription, and get a lab test or X-ray — all under one roof.
Our expert care teams are connected through a shared electronic health record that empowers them to collaborate seamlessly across departments and specialties.5 This model of integrated health care — pioneered by Kaiser Permanente — fuels innovation, creates new standards of care, and supports cutting-edge research. When everyone’s connected, care is better and more cost-effective. Kaiser Permanente addresses the health of your employees early, consistently, and effectively.
With Kaiser Permanente as your health care partner, your employees are able to choose a world-class doctor who understands their unique care needs. We’re one of the largest multispecialty groups in Colorado. Each year, many of our doctors are honored as Top Doctors by 5280 magazine6 and earn some of the highest clinical quality ratings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
Members are able to get care from a Kaiser Permanente doctor or select one from our affiliated network of more than 14,000+ providers along the Front Range.7 And at any time, for any reason, members can change their primary care provider or specialist.
Kaiser Permanente doctors continue to innovate to help keep our members healthy with improved surgeries with simpler recoveries. Members have access to top-rated doctors who are with them at every step in their health journey.
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Footnotes
1.NCQA is a third-party organization that receives both clinical quality information (HEDIS) and member survey (CAHPS) feedback to rate health plans nationwide. Kaiser Permanente was one of the highest-rated plans in Colorado in 2023-2024.
2.Kaiser Permanente Colorado is composed of the nonprofit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado, and the for-profit Permanente Medical Group.
3. Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company (KPIC), a subsidiary of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., underwrites the Participating Provider Tier and the Non-Participating Provider Tier of the PPO plan.
4. Must have a valid prescription on file with a Kaiser Permanente medical office or through the Mail Order Pharmacy. Some prescriptions are not eligible to be mailed, and we are not able to mail to the following states at this time: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and South Dakota.
5. Affiliated providers who work outside Kaiser Permanente medical offices may or may not have access to a member’s electronic medical record.
6. Kaiser Permanente physicians named Top Doctors by 5280.
7. Primary care visits with an affiliated provider may have a higher copay and coinsurance than visits with a Kaiser Permanente primary care provider. Choice of provider and provider location information are current at the time of publication, vary by plan at the time of selection, and are subject to change. Visit kp.org/findadoctor for a list of participating providers.
8. Insure.com’s Best Health Insurance Companies of 2023
Colorado state law requires that a Network Access Plan be available that describes Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company’s network of provider services. The Network Access Plan will be available starting on October 1, 2023. To obtain a copy, please call Customer Service at 1-855-364-3184 or visit kp.org/choiceppo-colorado.
