AdventHealth to Run 3 Intermountain Denver Hospitals as 2027 Joint Venture Faces Scrutiny
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Updated · The Denver Post · Jul 21
AdventHealth to Run 3 Intermountain Denver Hospitals as 2027 Joint Venture Faces Scrutiny
3 articles · Updated · The Denver Post · Jul 21
Summary
Early 2027 is the target for AdventHealth to assume daily operations of Intermountain’s Lutheran, Platte Valley and Good Samaritan hospitals, plus related clinics, freestanding ERs and urgent care centers, pending regulatory approval.
The systems described the arrangement as a joint venture rather than a sale and declined to detail Intermountain’s continuing role, even as antitrust regulators could review whether the deal reduces competition in the Denver market.
Three hospitals would add to AdventHealth’s existing 5 metro Denver hospitals, while Intermountain said it is also exploring options for Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver; no plans were disclosed for St. Mary’s in Grand Junction.
Financial pressure may be part of the backdrop: Lutheran and Platte Valley were recently flagged as financially vulnerable, and Intermountain is also losing its Kaiser Permanente Colorado partnership this year.