DENVER—DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services, today announced that it has chosen the Denver metropolitan area to locate two expanding parts of the company’s business. In total, DaVita® will be bringing as many as 200 quality jobs with benefits to the metro area. The location of each facility has not yet been announced.
First, DaVita Clinical Research® (DCR®) will be expanding its capability by building a new early clinical research unit adding medical, technical and scientific jobs to the community. This facility will provide the Denver area with additional opportunities to attract the world’s leading healthcare innovators, including pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies, according to DaVita.
Secondly, DaVita is creating a call center in metro Denver that will be focused on finding a place for patients to get dialysis, whether traveling away from home or looking for a new permanent dialysis center. The center will take calls from patients, family members, hospitals and doctors. DaVita’s existing call center, located in Malvern, Penn., makes thousands of patient placements (both visiting and permanent) each month, and is expanding to Denver to handle the increased call volume.
“We are bringing these jobs to our new headquarters city because we have found Denver to be a great community to live and work in and a great community in which to do business,” said DaVita Chairman and CEO Kent Thiry. “Everything then mayor, now Governor John Hickenlooper promised regarding quality of life and the positive business environment in Denver and Colorado has turned out to be true and exceeded our expectations.”
“DaVita’s latest expansion is welcome news for Colorado,” said Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. “DaVita knows that Colorado is a great state and we aim to make everyone know it is the best state in the nation for business.”
Since DaVita announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Denver, DaVita has added more than 320 new jobs (not including today’s announcement) in metro Denver. Currently, the company has nearly 1,100 employees in Colorado.
Each year the company brings 4,000-5,000 teammates to Denver from all over the country for DaVita’s training and development programs, representing nearly $2.5 million to the Denver economy through hotel stays, restaurants and other related revenue, DaVita reported.
