For more than five decades, Kaiser Permanente has been the primary health care provider for Denver Public Schools employees. But now Kaiser Permanente says DPS plans to end the long-running partnership.
In a statement to CBS News Colorado on Tuesday, DPS stated the following:
“This past fall, Denver Public Schools followed our request for proposal (RFP) process for medical benefits that will be offered to DPS employees for the next fiscal year. The scoring was based on general quality and adequacy of response, demonstrated expertise, service and support, innovation, technology, and cost. At the end of the process of comparing all of the proposals, Kaiser Permanente was not selected as one of the options to present to our employees.”…