Kaiser Permanente bringing jobs to Colorado

Kaiser Permanente will create as many as 200 jobs in Colorado with the relocation of the health plan's customer service division from Fort Worth to Denver.

The move is scheduled to happen in 2009.

Kaiser already employs about 5,200 people in Colorado.

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The health plan now said some of the operations of its Consolidated Service Center will move to California and the rest to Colorado. The center handles member enrollment, premium billing and collections for five regions: Hawaii, the northwest United States, Colorado, Ohio and Georgia.

Colorado was picked after Kaiser examined several factors, including a strong labor pool, geography and growing Kaiser membership.

Kaiser said it expected the Consolidated Service Center will be located near Kaiser's regional headquarters in Denver.