New arrivals mark major step in Kaiser Permanente's expanded relationships with HCA HealthONE and CommonSpirit Health

DENVER, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente welcomed its first baby at HCA HealthONE Rose — a baby girl born at 12:27 p.m. on July 7, 2025. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 18.5 inches long. She was the first baby born to Kaiser Permanente members on the first day its physicians and staff began caring for labor and delivery patients at what's known as Denver's "baby hospital."

Kaiser Permanente is one of the state's largest nonprofit health care organizations, offering a leading model of health care that integrates care and coverage. This connected system includes care delivered by Kaiser Permanente primary care and specialty clinicians, along with an extensive external network of providers and hospitals.

In fall 2024, Kaiser Permanente announced an expansion of its longstanding relationship with HCA HealthONE in Colorado to include HCA HealthONE Rose and HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's hospitals.

The arrival of the Rose Babies builds on Kaiser Permanente's labor and delivery relationship with HCA HealthONE. Kaiser Permanente physicians and staff have cared for mothers and babies at HCA HealthONE SkyRidge for more than 12 years.

"Just like the journey to parenthood starts long before a baby is born, our journey to welcoming the first Kaiser Permanente babies at HCA HealthONE began long before their arrival," said Jeff Krawcek, MD, executive medical director and president of Kaiser Permanente in Colorado. "Our teams put months of precise planning into action, leaning on their expertise and compassion to bring more new lives into the world. We're thrilled to see our members benefiting from access to region-leading maternity care at HCA HealthONE Rose."

HCA HealthONE Rose delivers more babies than any other hospital in the Denver region and is renowned for women's health services. For more than 75 years, having a "Rose Baby" has meant something special. The hospital consistently ranks as one of the top hospitals in the nation for maternity care and quality excellence.

"Expectant mothers are drawn to HCA HealthONE Rose because of the great service, outstanding communication, and personalized care we provide," said Casey Guber, CEO of HCA HealthONE Rose. "Our exceptional physicians, nurses, and entire Rose Women's staff are the heart of that care — delivering excellence every day to our community. That same level of excellence will now be extended to Kaiser Permanente patients and physicians."

To meet the care needs of Kaiser Permanente mothers and babies, HCA HealthONE Rose expanded its labor and delivery, postpartum, and neonatal intensive care units. This expansion increased room capacity by 40%, in addition to creating six nurse stations and a second well-baby nursery. The hospital offers a range of services to support birth plans from natural, unmedicated births to complicated, high-risk deliveries.

"Birth signifies a new season of life, and by strengthening our relationship with both HCA HealthONE and CommonSpirit Health, Kaiser Permanente is entering a new season of extending our value-based model of care to more Coloradans," said Mike Ramseier, regional president of Kaiser Permanente in Colorado. "Our members are looking for greater choice, convenience, and access to high-quality care in Metro Denver — and these expanded relationships provide that. We look forward to welcoming many more Kaiser Permanente Rose Babies."

When having a baby with Kaiser Permanente, members can expect leading services which continue beyond the hospital doors. In Metro Denver, Kaiser Permanente's perinatal home care team offers in-home postpartum visits with baby weigh-ins, C-section scar checks, breast feeding support, and other essential interventions designed to support family health and reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions.

As Kaiser Permanente physicians and staff begin caring for members' needs at HCA HealthONE Rose, they are also now caring for Kaiser Permanente patients at HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's and CommonSpirit's St. Anthony and St. Anthony North hospitals.

Kaiser Permanente's extensive hospital network also includes, but is not limited to, HCA HealthONE's Aurora, Rocky Mountain Children's, Sky Ridge, and Swedish; Intermountain Health's St. Joseph, Good Samaritan, and Lutheran; Children's Hospital Colorado; Boulder Community Foothills Hospital; Banner Health; and UCHealth's Memorial Central and Parkview Medical Center. Additionally, Kaiser Permanente members have access to many CommonSpirit facilities, including St. Anthony, St. Anthony North, OrthoColorado, Longmont United, Penrose, St. Francis, St. Francis-Interquest, St. Thomas More, and St. Mary-Corwin. Information on Kaiser Permanente doctors and locations is available at kp.org/locations. 

In addition to aligning with more local hospitals, Kaiser Permanente is making significant investments to build new, state-of-the-art replacement medical offices in Lakewood, Parker, and Pueblo North, and to renovate many of its 29 medical offices across the Front Range. The new Parker Medical Offices are scheduled to open this month, followed by the Pueblo facility in August, and the Lakewood Medical Offices in early 2026.  

About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We are recognized as one of America's leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente has a mission to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve 12.5 million members in 8 states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal Permanente Medical Group physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery, and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education, and the support of community health.

About HCA HealthONE
HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver-metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients' total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. HCA HealthONE employs more than 12,000 colleagues and has been named one of the top five large health systems in the country multiple years. HCA HealthONE and its parent company, HCA Healthcare, have been named 14 consecutive times by Ethisphere as a World's Most Ethical Company and two consecutive years as a LinkedIn Top Company. HCA HealthONE hospitals include: Aurora, Centennial, Mountain Ridge, Presbyterian St. Luke's, Rocky Mountain Children's, Rose, Sky Ridge, Swedish, and Spalding working together to provide a higher level of care. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals' list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $780K through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $471M in federal, state and local taxes. 

To learn more about our impact on the communities we serve and how #WeShowUp, visit: HCAHealthONE.com.

Contacts:
Elizabeth Whitehead, Kaiser Permanente: Elizabeth.M.Whitehead@kp.org or 720-910-3016
Stephanie Sullivan, HCA HealthONE: Stephanie.Sullivan@HealthONEcares.com or 303-990-3582

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SOURCE Kaiser Permanente Colorado