Kaiser opens health center in Modesto: adult and pediatric care, plus pharmacy
Kaiser Permanente is opening a three-story medical office building in north Modesto to expand access to primary and specialty care for a growing patient population.
Almost 75 physicians will see adult and pediatric patients at the outpatient center situated on the south side of the Kaiser Modesto Medical Center on Dale Road.
The 107,400-square-foot building, at 4531 Dale Road, has 28 bays for cancer infusion treatments and also features physical therapy and a pharmacy in addition to primary and specialty care. One floor is dedicated to pediatric patients.
“We had incredible growth in the Central Valley in the past 10 years,” said Alexander Rakul, medical group administrator for Kaiser’s Central Valley area, in explaining the need for the facility.
Kaiser serves more than 453,000 members and patients in the Central Valley area including health plan subscribers, Covered California enrollees and people in the Medicare and Medi-Cal programs.
Kaiser said it will meet the growing demand with more than 100 examination rooms and a spectrum of services including adult and family medicine, pediatrics, a newborn care center, a high-risk infancy clinic, hematology, oncology, and physical and occupational therapy.
The in-house pharmacy will allow patients to quickly pick up prescription drugs following their appointments. Kaiser representatives said lab services and radiology are in the next building, so patients won’t have to travel to another location for those services.
The Modesto facility has solar panels and other environmental features such as drought-tolerant landscaping, energy-efficient lighting and low-emitting materials for improved air quality indoors.
Health care services and new facilities continue to create employment opportunities in the Modesto area. The outpatient center will have about 350 employees.
Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, is a nonprofit health industry leader in California. Its north Modesto medical center started to see medical office patients in 2006 and its inpatient hospital wing opened in 2008.
