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Reviewed 2026-07-06

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH LUTHERAN HOSPITAL

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH LUTHERAN HOSPITAL.
Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH LUTHERAN HOSPITAL is marked red because reviewed sources connect it to a major nonprofit health-system family. This is system-control/accountability context, not a private-equity ownership or PE-backed contract claim.

Finding
Major nonprofit health-system accountability warning
Last reviewed
2026-07-06
Evidence
14 cited sources
Documented warningMajor nonprofit health-system accountability warning

Lutheran Hospital entered the Intermountain Health system through the SCL merger effective April 1, 2022. Colorado regulators identify Intermountain as ultimate parent and CMS records operational control. This is not a PE finding.

Major nonprofit health-system accountability warning
Last verified Jul 2026
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Control Map

This leads to this

ultimate parent / operational control
Intermountain HealthLutheran Hospital
historical system / direct nonprofit owner layer
SCL Health / Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health SystemLutheran Hospital
integrated health-plan affiliate
Intermountain HealthSelect Health

Evidence limits

Red color requiredMatched by map identity and CMS CCN 060009.3 ownership sources checked14 total sources below
Direct PE ownershipNo documented PE ownership in reviewed sources
PE relationshipPESP snapshot reports Currently PE? = N and no PE firm.
OperatorIntermountain Health
Population servedNo facility-specific estimate verified in this pass.

Lutheran Hospital should be red for major-system control, not green/independent and not PE-owned.

Review Note

Why this page is published

government-corroborated

Publish as major nonprofit system control; preserve pharmacy/insurance pressure as unverified testimony only.

Ownership & Control

Detailed records, kept below the answer

Ultimate nonprofit parent, historical/direct nonprofit owner, health-plan affiliate, and facility are separate evidence layers.

See the full ownership chain
ultimate parent / operational controlIntermountain HealthLutheran Hospital

Major-system control, not PE ownership.

historical system / direct nonprofit owner layerSCL Health / Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health SystemLutheran Hospital

Preserved separately from ultimate-parent control.

integrated health-plan affiliateIntermountain HealthSelect Health

Does not prove employee coercion or mandatory use.

  • Major nonprofit system control is not private-equity ownership.
  • Direct owner and ultimate-parent layers remain separate.
  • Employee pharmacy and insurance-pressure allegations were not independently verified.
  • Current-campus map row connected to CMS CCN 060009. The older CCN-bearing map row is corrected and retained, not deleted.

Connections

Who owns, backs, staffs, or connects to this facility

Major nonprofit system-control layerIntermountain HealthNonprofit ultimate parent and integrated health system · ultimate parent / operational control

Reason for the red map status.

Preserved ownership-chain layerSCL Health / Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health SystemHistorical system and direct nonprofit owner layer · pre-merger system/direct-owner context

Not erased by the ultimate-parent update.

System affiliate, not hospital legal ownerSelect HealthNonprofit health plan and pharmacy-benefit affiliate · integrated with Intermountain Health

Affiliate connection confirmed; employee pressure claim unverified.

System Thread

Connected facilities and system family

  • Good Samaritan HospitalIntermountain Health · , CO · Colorado hospital in the former SCL system family
  • Lutheran HospitalIntermountain Health · , CO · Colorado hospital in the former SCL system family
  • Lutheran HospitalIntermountain Health · , CO · Colorado hospital in the former SCL system family
  • Platte Valley HospitalIntermountain Health · , CO · Colorado hospital in the former SCL system family
  • Saint Joseph HospitalIntermountain Health · , CO · Colorado hospital in the former SCL system family
  • St. Mary's Regional HospitalIntermountain Health · Grand Junction, CO · Colorado hospital in the former SCL system family
  • Grand Junction Downtown ClinicSt. Mary's / Grand Junction verified clinic connections · Grand Junction, CO · Primary care clinic
  • St. Mary's Family Medicine ClinicSt. Mary's / Grand Junction verified clinic connections · Grand Junction, CO · Family medicine and residency clinic
  • Western Colorado Obesity Management ClinicSt. Mary's / Grand Junction verified clinic connections · Grand Junction, CO · Bariatric and obesity medicine clinic
  • Wellington OB-GYN ClinicSt. Mary's / Grand Junction verified clinic connections · Grand Junction, CO · OB-GYN and midwifery clinic
  • Cancer Centers of Colorado - St. Mary's Regional HospitalSt. Mary's / Grand Junction verified clinic connections · Grand Junction, CO · Hospital-affiliated cancer center

Timeline

Ownership history and events

  1. SCL Health and Intermountain merger became effective

    Colorado regulators described Intermountain as ultimate parent of the consolidated nonprofit system.

  2. Community message checked

    Ownership/system control was confirmed. Mandatory pharmacy use and Select Health enrollment pressure were not verified from a public employee benefits document.

  3. controls

    Intermountain is the ultimate parent/system and CMS records operational/managerial control for CCN 060009.

  4. historical system family

    SCL Health/direct nonprofit owner context is retained separately from Intermountain ultimate-parent control.

  5. searched for pe ownership

    Reviewed government, CMS, official system, and tracker sources do not support a current PE-owned label.

Evidence Notes

Contradictions, limitations, and unavailable fields

Open evidence notes
Limitation

Selected clinics were individually verified; this is not a complete clinic-directory scrape.

Limitation

Employee benefit terms require an actual plan document, policy, or contract.

Direct connection

Lutheran Hospital -> Intermountain Health: ultimate-parent and operational-control connection confirmed.

Direct connection

Lutheran Hospital -> SCL Health: historical/direct nonprofit owner layer preserved.

Direct connection

Intermountain Health -> Select Health: integrated health-plan affiliate confirmed.

Direct connection

Employee pharmacy/insurance-pressure allegation -> not independently verified.

Action / event

Keep red for major nonprofit health-system control.

Action / event

Do not label as PE-owned.

Action / event

Keep SCL/direct-owner and Intermountain ultimate-parent layers separate.

Action / event

Treat pharmacy/insurance pressure as an open documentary lead.

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