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campus in

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, Arapahoe County, United States owned by

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. In April 2004, the hospital was designated a Level II

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by the

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and it later was also recognized by the

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in October 2005.

History

In April 1989, Littleton Adventist Hospital became the very first hospital in Littleton, Colordao when it opened with 82

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. In 1996, Littleton Adventist Hospital became part of the

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when it was founded by PorterCare Adventist Health System and

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. In early August 2001, construction began on a 130,000-square-foot expansion for $40 million. It would add thirty-two beds, two

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s and an augment radiology department. It would also double the size of the emergency department. On October 1, 2001, PorterCare Adventist Health System

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with Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation after approval from the

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. 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

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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. In early November 2014, there was a groundbreaking for a

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center on campus. It is being built for Seavest Healthcare Properties, LLC. In 2015, Little Adventist Hospital began a renovation and expansion project for $30 million. It renovated its

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and its atrium. It also renovated and expanded its pre-operation and post-operation surgery rooms and

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. In late 2017, the

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passed a law requiring all hospitals to have their

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on its

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by January 1, 2018. The

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also required all hospitals to do the same by January 1, 2021. In early August 2022, Littleton Adventist Hospital still had refused to comply. To force hospitals to comply the

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and Colorado Senate both passed laws forbidding hospitals from collecting debt by reporting patients to

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. By April 2019, the hospital had one million patients visit the

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, it delivered 50,000

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, and performed 165,000

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. On February 14, 2023, Centura Health announced that it would split up. On August 1, Centura Health split up with Littleton Adventist Hospital

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to AdventHealth Littleton. In early September 2023, construction began on a three story, 97,700-square-foot, heart and vascular tower for $100 million. It would add twenty-four bed

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, cardiac catheterization laboratories, cardiac diagnostic department, operating theatres, pre-and post-procedural rooms, two hybrid suites, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology suites. On May 15, 2024, AdventHealth Littleton announced that employees had found thirty-one

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from

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s, they were later buried at a local

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