Kremmling Memorial Hospital

History

In 1945 with the help of Dr Ernest Ceriani the Middle Park Medical Association was established to support development of Kremmling Hospital Dr Cerianis home clinic and Kremmling Hospital were located in the white wooden building which is now home to Rehabilitation Services Wellness Center and the Administration Offices In 1973 construction of the current hospital began and in 1975 a special Tax District was formed to support the hospital The Longterm care wing was added in 1993 Debts incurred for construction of the hospital were completely repaid by 1995 and the Mountain Valley Medical Center our family practice clinic was purchased from the Ceriani family

Original Board of Directors

The actual name of the hospital is Kremmling Memorial Hospital District KMHD The hospital is nonprofit and community supported April 1 2003 KMHD became a Critical Access Hospital CAH and the Mountain Valley Medical Center became a Provider Based clinic making it a department of the hospital CAH designation provides cost based Medicare reimbursement

KMHD is a Level IV Trauma Center and was the first Level IV Trauma Center in the State of Colorado KMHD also provides Inpatient Acute Care Medicare Swing Beds transitional care Outpatient services and Longterm Care

In addition to the above services KMHD provides Sameday surgery Diagnostic Imaging including Ultrasound Mammography CT Scan Fluoroscopy Echocardiograms Laboratory Services GI Lab PT OT SpeechLanguage Pathology Cardiac Rehabilitation CardioPulmonary Rehabilitation Graded Exercise Testing Pain Control Clinic and several Specialty Physicians Orthopedics General Surgery Podiatry Urology Gastroenterology Internal Medicine Cardiology and Chiropractic

KMHD has specialized equipment and a highly trained staff who have been providing top quality care to residents of and visitors to Grand and Summit Counties for over 60 years