History
In April 1989, Littleton Adventist Hospital became the very first hospital in Littleton, Colorado when it opened with 82 beds.[7][8]
In 1996, Littleton Adventist Hospital became part of the joint venture Centura Health when it was founded by PorterCare Adventist Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives.[9][10]
In August 2001, construction began on a 130000 sqfoot expansion for $40 million to add thirty-two beds, two operating theatres and an augment radiology department and to double the size of the emergency department.[11]
On October 1, 2001, PorterCare Adventist Health System merged with Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation after approval from the Federal Trade Commission.[12]
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 intensive care unit beds and thirty-two surgical beds, increasing the hospitals beds to 231. The expansion would be 85100 sqfoot and have shell space for future expansion. Construction began in February 2005.[13][14]
In early November 2014, there was a groundbreaking for a oncology center on campus.[15] It is being built for Seavest Healthcare Properties, LLC.[16][17] In 2015, Little Adventist Hospital began a renovation and expansion project for $30 million. It renovated its lobby and its atrium. It also renovated and expanded its pre-operation and post-operation surgery rooms and interventional radiology.[18]
In late 2017, the Colorado Senate passed a law requiring all hospitals to have their chargemaster on its website by January 1, 2018.[19][20][21] The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also required all hospitals to do the same by January 1, 2021.[22] In early August 2022, Littleton Adventist Hospital still had refused to comply.[23] To force hospitals to comply the Colorado House of Representatives and Colorado Senate both passed laws forbidding hospitals from collecting debt by reporting patients to collection agencies.[24][25]
By April 2019, the hospital had one million patients visit the emergency department, it delivered 50,000 babies, and performed 165,000 surgeries.[8]
On February 14, 2023, Centura Health announced that it would split up.[26][27] On August 1, Centura Health split up with Littleton Adventist Hospital rebranding to AdventHealth Littleton.[28][29][30]
In early September 2023, construction began on a three story, 97700 sqfoot, heart and vascular tower for $100 million.[31][32] It would add twenty-four bed coronary care unit, cardiac catheterization laboratories, cardiac diagnostic department, operating theatres, pre-and post-procedural rooms, two hybrid suites, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology suites.[33] Later the size of the tower was changed to 143000 sqfoot and it opened for $150 million on August 27, 2025.[34][35]
On May 15, 2024, AdventHealth Littleton announced that employees had found thirty-one cremains from miscarriages, they were later buried at a local cemetery.[36][37]
