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University of Colorado Health, doing business as UCHealth, is a not-for-profit
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, headquartered in
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, United States. The system includes hospitals and facilities throughout
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, along with affiliated hospitals in
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and
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. The system includes an academic medical center, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, which is closely affiliated with the
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. It is a joint operating company between the University of Colorado Hospital Authority (a state government agency) and Poudre Valley Health.


History

The UCHealth system was founded in 2012 with the merger of the University of Colorado Hospital and the Poudre Valley Health System. The University of Colorado University Hospital was originally created on October 1, 1989, as a
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pursuant to an act of the Colorado
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, but the act was declared
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by the Colorado
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in 1990. It was recreated in 1991 as the University of Colorado Hospital Authority as a government agency. University of Colorado Health was formed on January 31, 2012 (
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UCHealth since 2014), as a joint operating company between the authority and Poudre Valley Health (of Poudre Valley Hospital). In August 2012, voters in
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approved a special election measure to allow UCHealth to lease and operate Memorial Hospital. In September 2016, UCHealth Broomfield Hospital opened. Located in Broomfield, Colorado, the hospital has 18 inpatient rooms and a 4-bed intensive care unit. In February 2017, the system retitled itself as UCHealth. In addition to a refurbished website and logo, it added an app for patients. In August 2017, a new 51-bed hospital opened in Longmont, Colorado in Boulder County called UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital. In June 2019, the system opened a new hospital in Douglas County called UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital. In July 2019, the system opened a new hospital in Weld County called UCHealth Greeley Hospital. On December 1 2023, Parkview Medical Center in
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and Parkview Pueblo West Hospital in Pueblo West merged with UCHealth. In November 2024, it was announced that UCHealth had entered in a $23 million settlement with the
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over allegations that it had fraudulently billed emergency department patients with
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and Medicare for higher levels of service than were provided. The case was initiated from a UCHealth revenue auditing employee who filed a whistleblower complaint. As part of the settlement UCHealth had no admission of guilt and made a statement afterward denying wrongdoing, saying that they "agreed to the settlement to avoid potentially lengthy and costly litigation."


Awards and recognition

UCHealth has been ranked as a top hospital in the United States on several occasions. In 2012, it was listed as a Thomson Reuters Top 100 Hospital. Between 2017 and 2021, UCHealth hospitals have been included numerous times on a list of America's Top Hospitals by '' U.S. News & World Report''. In 2018, the hospital achieved Level 1 Trauma Center Status. Also that year, the hospital received a Comprehensive Stroke Center designation. In 2021, UCHealth was named the first-place winner in Healthcare Innovation's Innovator Awards program for 2021 for expanded their Virtual Health Center concept to facilitate a sepsis early-warning system with the goal of improving patient outcomes. In August 2021, Forbes named UCHealth as the No. 1 employer in Colorado.


See also

* UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital * UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital * UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies * UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central * UCHealth Memorial Hospital North * UCHealth Parkview Medical Center * UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center


References


External links

* {{Official website Health care companies based in Colorado State agencies of Colorado