CommonSpirit to halt management agreement in Colorado and acquire Utah hospital system

Centura Health no longer will function as the joint management company for hospitals owned by CommonSpirit and AdventHealth in Colorado and Kansas. Separately, CommonSpirit and Centura Health are in talks for CommonSpirit to acquire a network of health care facilities in Utah from Steward Health Care.

Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the predecessors of CommonSpirit Health, joined AdventHealth in 1996 in forming Centura Health as a management company. When CommonSpirit and AdventHealth discontinue the management agreement governing 20 hospitals, AdventHealth will operate and manage the five Adventist hospitals and their affiliated clinics in Colorado and CommonSpirit will operate and manage its 15 hospitals and affiliated clinics in Colorado and Western Kansas.

CommonSpirit, AdventHealth and Centura said in a Feb. 14 press release that while the 27-year partnership had been strong and fruitful, it had reached its natu-