History
In April 1989, Littleton Adventist Hospital became the very first hospital in Littleton, Colorado when it opened with 82 beds. [1] [5]
In 1996, Littleton Adventist Hospital became part of the joint venture Centura Health when it was founded by PorterCare Adventist Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives. [6] [7]
In August 2001, construction began on a 130,000-square-foot expansion for $40 million to add thirty-two beds, two operating theatres and an augment radiology department and to double the size of the emergency department. [8]
On October 1, 2001, PorterCare Adventist Health System merged with Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation after approval from the Federal Trade Commission. [9]
On December 6, 2004, Littleton Adventist Hospital announced that it would expand for $38 million, by adding three stories to its south tower. It would be adding twenty-four intensive care unit beds and thirty-two surgical beds, increasing the hospitals beds to 231. The expansion would be 85,100-square-foot and have shell space for future expansion. Construction began in February 2005. [10] [11]
In early November 2014, there was a groundbreaking for a oncology center on campus. [12] It is being built for Seavest Healthcare Properties, LLC. [13] [14] In 2015, Little Adventist Hospital began a renovation and expansion project for $30 million. It renovated its lobby and its atrium. It also renovated and expanded its pre-operation and post-operation surgery rooms and interventional radiology. [15]
In late 2017, the Colorado Senate passed a law requiring all hospitals to have their chargemaster on its website by January 1, 2018. [16] [17] [18] The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also required all hospitals to do the same by January 1, 2021. [19] In early August 2022, Littleton Adventist Hospital still had refused to comply. [20] To force hospitals to comply the Colorado House of Representatives and Colorado Senate both passed laws forbidding hospitals from collecting debt by reporting patients to collection agencies. [21] [22]
By April 2019, the hospital had one million patients visit the emergency department, it delivered 50,000 babies, and performed 165,000 surgeries. [5]
On February 14, 2023, Centura Health announced that it would split up. [23] [24] On August 1, Centura Health split up with Littleton Adventist Hospital rebranding to AdventHealth Littleton. [25] [26] [27]
In early September 2023, construction began on a three story, 97,700-square-foot, heart and vascular tower for $100 million. [28] [29] It would add twenty-four bed coronary care unit, cardiac catheterization laboratories, cardiac diagnostic department, operating theatres, pre-and post-procedural rooms, two hybrid suites, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology suites. [30] Later the size of the tower was changed to 143,000-square-foot and it opened for $150 million on August 27, 2025. [31] [32]
On May 15, 2024, AdventHealth Littleton announced that employees had found thirty-one cremains from miscarriages, they were later buried at a local cemetery. [33] [34]
