Colorado Hospital Association

12/25/2025

During the busy holiday season, we thank all the fantastic health care professionals working to care for their patients during the celebrations and throughout the night.

12/24/2025

To the nurses, doctors, technicians and all health care support staff: Your work creates ripples of healing throughout our community. Thank you for not only delivering quality care, but for also constantly seeking new ways to serve patients and families better.

12/23/2025

Happy holidays from the team at CHA! We are proud to work on behalf of Colorado hospitals and health systems! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMwkt8dzhSc

12/23/2025

In every hospital hallway, patient room, and quiet overnight shift, health care professionals are making a difference. Thank you for being the steady hands and compassionate hearts behind every recovery.

12/22/2025

Even during the holidays, health care workers show up with heart and purpose. Thank you for the sacrifices you make to ensure patients receive the care they need. Your presence brings comfort and hope when it’s needed most.

12/19/2025

Hospitals: Here for Our Patients - A meaningful program at AdventHealth Littleton, where ICU nurses created "Three Wishes" to help families with personalized memories or keepsakes when a loved one passes.

At AdventHealth Littleton, nurses are granting families personal keepsakes through the “Three Wishes” program, offering comfort and connection in a loved one’s final hours.

12/18/2025

A recent editorial by The Denver Post about hospitals profits overlooks the vital work that hospitals are doing to preserve access to care and oversimplifies hospital finances.

In a response, Jeff Tieman, CHA president and CEO notes: "CHA’s Q2 2025 Colorado Hospital Update shows that nearly 70% of hospitals have unsustainable margins, meaning most cannot absorb additional financial burdens without cutting services or staff. Rural hospitals face even greater strain, with more than 80% operating with minimal or no margins. We share the goal of supporting patients, but solutions must reflect the full financial realities facing hospitals, or we risk reducing access to care for the very communities we aim to protect."

Read the full response:

Health Care Solutions Must Reflect Full Financial Realities Letter to the Editor at The Denver PostRe: “Colorado hospitals have the profits to help more

12/18/2025

Here for Our Patients: Children’s Hospital Colorado has completed the region’s first pediatric heart–liver transplant. The rare procedure was supported by dozens of team members across 25 different multidisciplinary care teams. Only 38 other pediatric heart and liver dual organ transplants have been completed in the United States.

Children's Colorado performed the region's first-ever pediatric heart and liver dual organ transplant, which has only been done 38 times in the U.S.

12/17/2025

As part of the federal funding bill (H.R. 1), Congress created the Rural Health Transformation Program (RFTP) to help sustain rural health care across the country. Colorado has submitted an application for part of this funding, but unfortunately Colorado's rural hospitals' recommendations were disregarded during the application development. CHA and our hospitals are asking for help from Colorado legislators to make sure any funding our state receives reflects the needs of the communities it is meant to support. Read more:https://cha.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RHTP-Letter.pdf

12/16/2025

Here for Our Patients: Denver Health has opened Colorado’s first Integrated Medical and Psychiatric Care Unit (IMAP) — a new 12-bed inpatient unit that treats adults with both active medical and psychiatric needs simultaneously. This innovative model of care brings together medical and behavioral health services in a single setting to better serve patients with complex needs.

Denver Health unveiled Colorado’s first Integrated Medical and Psychiatric Care Unit (IMAP), a 12-bed inpatient unit that treats adult patients with active medical and active psychiatric conditions that require hospitalization at the same time.

12/11/2025

Here for Our Patients: AdventHealth Avista has opened its newly relocated on-campus surgery center. Now fully integrated into the Avista campus, the surgery center is poised to enhance the patient experience with improved workflow, proximity to hospital resources, and a warm, healing environment. https://www.adventhealth.com/news/a-new-chapter-begins-adventhealth-avista-opens-its-campus-surgery-center

12/09/2025

Here for Our Patients: A recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report named 15 Colorado hospitals among the nation’s best for maternity care! Congratulations to these hospitals and their dedicated teams for earning this recognition. Their inclusion reflects rigorous metrics: lower intervention rates, fewer newborn complications, and adoption of birthing-friendly practices statewide:

More than a dozen local hospitals landed on U.S. News & World Report's 2026 list of the nation's best places to give birth.