Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office began accepting public comment this week on a proposed joint venture between AdventHealth and Intermountain Health, a deal that would merge hospital services along the Front Range.
AdventHealth, operator of five hospitals in the Denver metropolitan area, including Avista in Louisville, and Intermountain Health, which has three hospitals in the metro including Good Samaritan in Lafayette and Platte Valley in Brighton, signed a letter of intent this summer for combination that the healthcare systems say will improve access for patients, serve a growing population and provide care for future generations.
The agreement includes the two chains’ affiliated offsite emergency and urgent-care centers and dozens of medical practices…