Member News

WHA members, Soniya Fidler, President of UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, and Kim Lucero, CEO at Mt. San Rafael Hospital were named on Becker’s list of 196+ women hospital presidents and CEOs to know.

Mr. Perrotti will play a critical leadership role at Montrose Regional Health, overseeing financial planning and financial operations while simultaneously maintaining the organization’s goals, values, and overall vision. “I am excited to be working on the Western Slope,” said Perrotti. “Montrose has a great healthcare system. Montrose Regional Health is a highly responsible member of the community with fantastic leadership and an intensely patient-centered focus.”

Students at Cactus Valley Elementary School (CVE) stepped forward to make a significant contribution to the Grand River Health Meals on Wheels program this Valentine’s Day.

San Luis Valley Health is a main provider of community healthcare services to the residents of the San Luis Valley. The Valley is the size of Delaware and made up of rural and frontier counties. It is home to some of the most impoverished people in Colorado, many of them relying on Medicaid. Our communities have limited economic and medical resources and have some of the poorest health outcomes across the state. SLV Health continuously strives to provide integrated, patient-centered services to the people who live there.

Homeward Alliance (HWA) is proud to announce and celebrate the grand opening of the new medical clinic at the Murphy Center for Hope (Murphy Center). SummitStone Health Partners (SummitStone) is the clinic operator—providing both physical and behavioral healthcare for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.

The center houses the HopeWest PACE program, which delivers wide-ranging services for older adults. HopeWest PACE is a local fulfillment of a national Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program known as PACE, which stands for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.

HopeWest PACE is one of 150 programs nationwide that carry out the PACE mandate to keep qualifying older adults like Powell living in their homes by providing them with a holistic bundle of health care and social and emotional support. It includes primary and specialty medical care, prescription medications, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, dietary counseling, and mental health counseling.

Gunnison Valley Orthopedics (GVO) is proud to announce the expansion of its practice with the addition of three esteemed healthcare professionals: Dr. Gloria Beim, M.D., Amy Sandusky, PA-C, and Julia Stock, PA-C. Commencing on April 1, 2024, this expansion marks a significant milestone for orthopedic services at Gunnison Valley Health.

Valley View has been officially recognized as “pediatric ready” by the Colorado Pediatric Preparedness for the Emergency Room (COPPER) Program, marking the first Level III Trauma Center in Colorado to be COPPER verified. As a Level III Trauma Center, Valley View provides 24-hour coverage by emergency medicine physicians, general surgeons and anesthesiologists. This prestigious designation highlights Valley View’s commitment to providing exceptional emergency care tailored specifically to the needs of pediatric patients.

Western Slope hospitals contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to the local, and, at times, rural economies each year, according to two separate reports commissioned by the hospitals themselves.

Valley View, an independent, not-for-profit health system based in Glenwood Springs, is proud to announce it has received the 2023 Perinatal Luminary Award for the Colorado AIM: Substance Use Disorder Collaborative (CO AIM: SUD) from Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC). CPCQC honored Valley View with a celebratory luncheon for Valley View on Monday, March 4.