AdventHealth Avista
AdventHealth Avista is a non-profit hospital in Louisville, Colorado, United States owned by AdventHealth. The hospital is designated a Level III trauma center by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
History
In 1896, John Harvey Kellogg founded Boulder Sanitarium. It had a powerhouse, laundry, bakery, cottages, chicken houses, barn, greenhouse and an icehouse. In 1962, its name was changed to Boulder Memorial Hospital.Between the 1920s and 1950s, it went through several renovations. In 1930, a dormitory was built for nurses. In 1989, Boulder Community Hospital purchased the hospital and renamed it the Mapleton Center.
In 1990, Boulder Memorial Hospital changed its name to Avista Adventist Hospital and reopened in Louisville, Colorado.
In 1996, Avista Adventist Hospital became part of the joint venture Centura Health when it was founded by PorterCare Adventist Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives.
On October 1, 2001, PorterCare Adventist Health System merged with Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation after approval from the Federal Trade Commission.
In late 2017, the Colorado Senate passed a law requiring all hospitals to have their chargemaster on its website by January 1, 2018. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also required all hospitals to do the same by January 1, 2021. In early August 2022, Avista Adventist Hospital still had refused to comply. 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.
On December 30, 2021, employees at Avista Adventist Hospital protected oxygen tanks from the Marshall Fire by spraying with hoses. In under two hours thirty patients were evacuated by ambulance to Longmont United Hospital and St. Anthony North, twenty-one patients were discharged and all hospital 100 employees were evacuated. While closed maintenance crews cleaned and repaired the hospital after it received damage from smoke and soot. Air filters and ceiling tiles were replaced; medical equipment, floors, walls and doors were washed. Also the air and water was tested. On January 18, 2022, Avista Adventist Hospital reopened.
On February 14, 2023, Centura Health announced that it would split up. On August 1, Centura Health split up with Avista Adventist Hospital rebranding to AdventHealth Avista.
In late February 2025, AdventHealth Avista purchased 40 acres by U.S. Route 36 in the Redtail Ridge development in Louisville for $34 million. The reason why the hospital purchased the land is because it is on a landlocked parcel, that makes it hard to attract new patients.