DENVER, July 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading independent medical group in the United States and a leading global provider of kidney care services, today announced Oraida Roman will lead Colorado Springs Health Partners (CSHP), assuming the role of market president later this year.

"Oraida has a track record of success in building and leading effective teams," said Mark Price, president for HealthCare Partners, Colorado. "She also brings a wealth of experience in population health management and we're excited for her to leverage that experience in expanding CSHP's value-based programs."

Roman currently serves as chief operating officer for DaVita's medical group in Florida, JSA Healthcare, where she oversees operations, contracting, clinician recruitment, credentialing, and marketing.

"The team at Colorado Springs Health Partners is very talented, and I'm eager to work together to strengthen our approach to value-based care," said Roman. "I look forward to building upon its reputation as a leading care provider in the Pikes Peak Region."

Prior to joining JSA, Roman was with Humana where she served as president of the Intermountain Region overseeing Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Roman served in a variety of other senior leadership roles at Humana, including market president of the Nevada market. In Humana's Florida market, she served as director of independent physician association contracting, senior director of provider operations, and manager of network development/provider services.

Roman holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University and a master's in Health Administration from the University of South Florida.

About Colorado Springs Health Partners

Colorado Springs Health Partners is a physician driven, locally operated, multi-specialty medical practice, and a subsidiary of DaVita HealthCare Partners. CSHP is proud to offer quality health care to residents of the Pikes Peak Community through its 145+ providers in 10 practice locations throughout the region, including three Urgent Care locations. Committed to a coordinated, integrated system of care, CSHP offers primary care and full service diagnostics, ambulatory surgery services, urgent care, hospitalist medicine, health management, a sleep center and more than 20 medical specialties. Find out more at www.cshp.net.

About DaVita HealthCare Partners
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a Fortune 500® company, is the parent company of DaVita Kidney Care and HealthCare Partners. HealthCare Partners manages and operates medical groups and affiliated physician networks in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Florida, Colorado and Washington in its pursuit to deliver excellent-quality health care in a dignified and compassionate manner. As of March 31, 2016, HealthCare Partners provided integrated care management for approximately 790,000 patients. DaVita Kidney Care is a leading provider of kidney care in the United States, delivering dialysis services to patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. As of March 31, 2016, DaVita Kidney Care operated or provided administrative services at 2,278 outpatient dialysis centers located in the United States serving approximately 180,000 patients. The company also operated 124 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10 countries outside the United States. For more information, please visit DaVitaHealthCarePartners.com.

DaVita and DaVita HealthCare Partners are trademarks or registered trademarks of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.

Contact Information

Media:

David Tauchen
+1 (303) 876-2802
dtauchen@healthcarepartners.com

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140318/DC85712LOGO

SOURCE DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.