After greater than 1 / 4 century collectively, CommonSpirit Well being and AdventHealth introduced Tuesday that they’re going their separate methods.
The 2 religiously affiliated well being methods shaped a partnership in 1996, creating Centura Well being — considered one of Colorado’s largest hospital networks — to handle their joint operations, which embrace 19 hospitals in Colorado and western Kansas.
Centura introduced in a information launch that the partnership had reached its “pure maturity” and would finish, although it didn’t lay out a particular timeline for the transition.
It additionally didn’t say whether or not individuals employed by Centura itself would be capable to transition into different jobs with both system.
“Each organizations are dedicated to a considerate and expeditious transition, and Centura Well being will proceed in its administration position of the hospitals, doctor clinics and different care websites all through the transition,” the information launch stated. “There will probably be no disruption to affected person care.”
The announcement goes considerably in opposition to the prevailing winds in well being care. Hospital methods have tended to get greater, merging with different methods or shopping for impartial amenities, to extend their market share and leverage in negotiations with insurance coverage firms. (The identical factor has occurred on the insurers’ facet, periodically establishing well-publicized battles over charges.)
AdventHealth, a Seventh-day Adventist nonprofit well being system primarily based in Florida, owns Avista Adventist Hospital, in Louisville; Citadel Rock Adventist Hospital; Littleton Adventist Hospital; Parker Adventist Hospital; and Porter Adventist Hospital, in Denver.
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Well being, the nation’s largest Catholic well being system, owns Longmont United Hospital; OrthoColorado Hospital, in Lakewood; Mercy Hospital, in Durango; Penrose Hospital, in Colorado Springs; St. Anthony Hospital, in Lakewood; St. Anthony North Hospital, in Westminster; St. Anthony Summit Hospital, in Frisco; St. Elizabeth Hospital, in Fort Morgan; St. Mary-Corwin Hospital, in Pueblo; St. Francis Hospital, in Colorado Springs; and St. Thomas Extra Hospital, in Cañon Metropolis.
CommonSpirit additionally will open an orthopedic hospital in Colorado Springs this summer season.
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