By HFT Staff

The Park Hospital District, which operates Estes Park Health, and UCHealth have signed a letter of intent for Estes Park Health to join UCHealth in 2025. 

Estes Park Health requested to join the health system to strengthen the healthcare services currently offered in the Estes Valley, to benefit EPH patients and employees, and to ensure the long-term success of the hospital and its clinics. 

UCHealth will continue EPH’s legacy of healthcare services while investing more than $30 million into the hospital and the Estes Park community in the coming years, helping recruit new staff members and stabilizing Estes Park’s finances. In the LOI, which was signed October 3, 2024, UCHealth also committed to evaluating opportunities to expand access to virtual health programs and behavioral health services. 

EPH has partnered with UCHealth, especially Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies, for decades to provide resources that benefit patients and the community. In 2023, Park Hospital District voters overwhelmingly authorized the district to join a health system with 80.3 percent support. The district’s revenues will continue to be used locally to support the services and patient care provided in the Estes Valley. 

Over the coming months, UCHealth and EPH will complete their final agreement, with an effective date expected in Spring 2025. UCHealth will share more information with employees and the community during this time, easing the transition and answering their questions.