Ryon
Medical and Associates is an integrated healthcare clinic providing medical and
mental healthcare to residents in Southeastern Colorado. The clinic is located in La Junta and specializes
in family practice, psychiatry, counseling and mental health for all ages.
Martin
Masar is the Chief Executive Officer at Ryon Medical and Associates and holds a
Masters in Social Work from Creighton University. Prior to his current position as CEO at Ryon
Medical, Masar worked at the Colorado Boy’s Ranch in La Junta. It was during his time at the Boy’s Ranch
that he met his current business partner, Kevin Harsh. Harsh was the Director of Nursing at the
time, and when the Boy’s Ranch closed, Masar and Harsh developed a business
plan to renovate the old Boy’s Ranch building into a full service family clinic
– now Ryon Medical and Associates.
The
clinic provides a variety of services to its clients, including outpatient
family medical services, outpatient mental health services, assessments and
evaluations, referrals to medical centers, after hours services available by
appointment, same day appointments, private and confidential treatment,
psychological testing, educational testing, eldercare evaluations and nursing
care center evaluations.
Focusing
not only on the physical wellbeing of its patients, Ryon Medical and Associates
provides an array of mental health services.
In fact, Ryon Medical and Associates has collaborated with the Region
Six Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center (RESADA) to expand its
services. Through this partnership,
outpatient substance abuse treatment is available for individuals who suffer
from substance abuse.
Ryon
Medical and Associates is also the recipient of a Department of Justice grant
to fund the Sexual Assault Response Project.
A project coordinator has been hired and will provided education and
training opportunities throughout the valley.
The program trains professionals in the care, treatment, trauma and
forensic examination of assault victims.
Ryon
Medical and Associates recently joined the Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC)
membership. “We are excited to have a
rural clinic providing integrated care join our membership,” said Melissa
Bosworth, Director of Workforce and Outreach at CRHC, “Not only are we happy to
provide technical assistance and resources to the clinic, but we are able to
share their success and challenges with other rural clinics that are moving
towards integrated care.”
The CRHC’s Quality Improvement Specialist,
Kathryn Steele, recently visited the clinic to conduct a Healthy Clinic
Assessment. “This is an amazing clinic;”
said Steele, “Martin and his staff at Ryon Medical are committed to treating
the whole patient.”
