Intermountain Health→Lutheran Hospital
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
Last verified Jul 2026
Key sources
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Bill Reduction Available
Dollar For lists this facility for hospital bill assistance. Eligibility depends on the hospital policy and patient circumstances.Control Map
This leads to this
SCL Health / Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System→Lutheran Hospital
Intermountain Health→Select Health
Evidence limits
Red color requiredMatched by map identity and CMS CCN 060009.3 ownership sources checked14 total sources below
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
Major-system control, not PE ownership.
Preserved separately from ultimate-parent control.
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.
- The CCN-bearing row had the former 8300 W. 38th Ave. campus. CMS enrollment now uses 12911 W. 40th Ave.; the second current-campus map row is retained.
Connections
Who owns, backs, staffs, or connects to this facility
Reason for the red map status.
Not erased by the ultimate-parent update.
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
- SCL Health and Intermountain merger became effective
Colorado regulators described Intermountain as ultimate parent of the consolidated nonprofit system.
- 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.
- controls
Intermountain is the ultimate parent/system and CMS records operational/managerial control for CCN 060009.
- historical system family
SCL Health/direct nonprofit owner context is retained separately from Intermountain ultimate-parent control.
- 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
Selected clinics were individually verified; this is not a complete clinic-directory scrape.
Employee benefit terms require an actual plan document, policy, or contract.
Lutheran Hospital -> Intermountain Health: ultimate-parent and operational-control connection confirmed.
Lutheran Hospital -> SCL Health: historical/direct nonprofit owner layer preserved.
Intermountain Health -> Select Health: integrated health-plan affiliate confirmed.
Employee pharmacy/insurance-pressure allegation -> not independently verified.
Keep red for major nonprofit health-system control.
Do not label as PE-owned.
Keep SCL/direct-owner and Intermountain ultimate-parent layers separate.
Treat pharmacy/insurance pressure as an open documentary lead.
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Sources
Evidence and source documents
governmentColorado Department of Law SCL Health / Intermountain merger opinionColorado Department of LawprimaryIntermountain Healthcare and SCL Health Complete MergerIntermountain HealthprimarySCL Health sites getting new names after mergerIntermountain HealthprimarySt. Mary's Regional HospitalIntermountain HealthgovernmentCMS Hospital General InformationCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesgovernmentCMS Hospital EnrollmentsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesgovernmentCMS Hospital All OwnersCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesresearchPrivate Equity Hospital TrackerPrivate Equity Stakeholder ProjectprimaryAbout Select HealthSelect HealthprimaryGrand Junction Downtown ClinicIntermountain HealthprimarySt. Mary's Family Medicine ClinicIntermountain HealthprimaryWestern Colorado Obesity Management ClinicIntermountain HealthprimaryWellington OB-GYN ClinicIntermountain HealthprimaryCancer Centers of Colorado - St. Mary's Regional HospitalIntermountain Health