LOVELAND, Colo. (Sept. 4, 2025) — Banner Health announced today the next step in its multi-year investment plan to transform its service offerings in Northern Colorado to meet the evolving health care needs of the growing communities in Larimer and Weld counties.
Following Banner’s acquisition this summer of Village Medical’s Northern Colorado primary care network and its 200 employees, the plan’s next phase will transition Banner McKee Medical Center in Loveland to a specialty hospital of Banner North Colorado Medical Center, anchored by Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The new Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland campus, will offer inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, outpatient rehabilitation, a cardiac catheterization lab, cardiac rehabilitation and interventional radiology. The campus will also include mammography and specialty care clinics. Emergency services at the campus will end Nov. 5, 2025. Full-service emergency services will continue to be available at Banner’s four other hospitals in the region – Banner North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Banner Fort Collins Medical Center, Banner East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, and Banner Sterling Regional MedCenter. Banner Urgent Care in Loveland is just 1.4 miles from the hospital.
“The transition of Banner McKee is driven by community demand. Our emergency room volumes at McKee have declined each of the last four years and we’re only using 25% of our hospital beds,” said Alan Qualls, CEO of Banner’s Northern Colorado hospitals. “The vast majority – 88% – of all surgeries performed there today are outpatient procedures. We are responding to the community and making the best use of this facility by prioritizing convenient and accessible health care services.”
Future phases of Banner’s Northern Colorado plan include new and expanded services and sites within the service area. Details will be announced in the coming months.
“The communities of Northern Colorado are among the fastest growing in the country and Banner is planning to make significant capital investments in the next three years to best meet the health care needs of this region,” said Todd Werner, Banner’s President of Care Delivery. “Northern Colorado is instrumental to Banner’s 10-year strategic growth plan which includes reimagining where and how we offer services to modernize care delivery using the latest technology to improve access and affordability.”
Over the past year, in addition to expanding primary care, Banner has recruited several nationally recognized specialists to lead its clinical programs in Colorado.
- Kirk Kindsfater, MD, medical director of the Joint Replacement Center of Northern Colorado at Banner Health, joined in 2024 bringing his more than 30 years’ experience, and having done 33,000 joint replacements to build the premier center at Fort Collins, drawing patients from throughout Colorado, Wyoming and Western Nebraska.
- Michael Robich, MD, regional medical director, cardiovascular services, joined Banner earlier this year from Johns Hopkins.
- Sam Haider, MD, William McKay, MD, and Jacob Bernstein, MD, joined in 2024 to build a leading brain and spine surgery program, including neurosurgical oncology and minimally invasive spinal procedures through our exclusive partnership with CarePoint medical group.
- Tim Fuller, MD, medical director, vascular services, a leader in TCAR (minimally invasive carotid artery procedures).
- David Schnur, MD, medical director, plastic and micro-vascular surgery, joined in 2024 offering leading reconstructive surgery in partnership with Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.
On Nov. 5, Banner also will close the freestanding emergency department and Banner Urgent Care Center in Greeley. Similar Banner services are available 5 miles away at the Banner North Colorado Medical Center emergency department and at the Banner Health Walk-in Clinic in Windsor. Banner Health Clinic's OB/GYN practice at Summitview Medical Commons in Greeley will also be relocated with the current Banner OB/GYN services in Larimer County. Banner's family medicine obstetrics providers will continue to practice in Greeley and inpatient hospital obstetric services will remain at North Colorado Medical Center.
Employees affected by these changes will be supported through comprehensive transition assistance, including priority consideration for open positions throughout the organization, career counseling, and other support services. Banner employs more than 3,000 people in Northern Colorado and nearly 60,000 across the system with job opportunities in all markets.
Banner Health has served Northern Colorado since 1952 with the founding of Banner North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley and includes Banner Fort Collins Medical Center in Fort Collins and more than 30 primary care and specialty clinics, including Banner MD Anderson Cancer Centers in Loveland and Greeley and the Joint Replacement Center of Northern Colorado.
Banner Health has established numerous clinical milestones in Northern Colorado through its advanced medical technologies and specialized programs. These achievements include Aquabeam aquablation for prostate patients; da Vinci DV5 robotic surgery for general, thoracic and gynecologic surgery; da Vinci Ion system for bronchoscopies; Velys orthopedic robotic joint surgery; neuromapping and tractography for complex neurosurgery; Pulsfield ablation for electrophysiology; fenestrated aortic repair; minimally invasive artery intervention; LivaNova sutureless heart valve; renal denervation; DIEP flap program – one of only two in the state – and endobariatric surgery. For more information, visit bannerhealth.com.
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