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UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
AdventHealth and UChicago Medicine
Geography
Location5101 South Willow Springs Road, La Grange, Illinois, United States
Organization
Care systemPrivate hospital
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeGeneral hospital
Religious affiliationSeventh-day Adventist Church
Services
Emergency departmentLevel II trauma center
Beds270[1]
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History
Former name(s)La Grange Memorial Hospital
Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital
AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange
AdventHealth La Grange
Opened1955
Links
Websitewww.uchicagomedicineadventhealth.org/uchicago-medicine-adventhealth-la-grange
ListsHospitals in Illinois

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange is a non-profit hospital campus in La Grange, Illinois, United States that is part of a joint venture between AdventHealth and UChicago Medicine. The hospital was designated a Level II trauma center by the Illinois Department of Public Health.[2]

History

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1955-1998

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In 1955, La Grange Memorial Hospital was founded.[3]

On January 10, 1995, Columbia/HCA Healthcare announced that it would purchase La Grange Memorial Hospital.[4] The for-profit hospital network purchased La Grange Memorial Hospital for $155 million.[5][6]

On August 20, 1998, Adventist Health System announced that it was purchasing La Grange Memorial Hospital from Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.[7] In September, Adventist Health System purchased La Grange Memorial Hospital for $155 million.[5][6] Before the sale Columbia/HCA Healthcare invested $91 million into La Grange Memorial Hospital.[6] And also before the sale Loyola Medicine had been interested in purchasing the hospital.[8] After the purchase Adventist Health System had to upgrade La Grange Memorial Hospital for $40 million, the upgrades were originally part of an agreement between Columbia/HCA Healthcare and the Illinois Department of Public Health.[5]

2003-present

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In early October 2003, La Grange Memorial Hospital announced that it would renovate and expand for $79 million, it would add a five-story, 225,000-square-foot tower.[9] The private patient rooms would be 221-square-foot, doubling the size of the older rooms that were 116-square-foot. At the end of construction the number of beds would stay the same at 223. And the hospitals generator and cooling system would be made bigger.[9] A new parking lot would be built for physicians' be demolishing part of the hospital. And also an office building would be demolished and a road by the hospital would be reconstructed.[9]

In early February 2013, Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital announced that it would purchase two hyperbaric oxygen chambers for its wound care center. To create space for the chambers it would be adding 950-square-foot onto the wound care center, by eliminating four parking spaces.[10] On August 29, 2013, the Natural Birthing Center opened one day early, when a woman who was in labour had a water birth at the hospital.[11][12]

In late June 2014, Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital got approval from the La Grange village board to expand and renovate its emergency department to 7,000-square-foot.[13] In early October 2014, Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital had a groundbreaking ceremony for its emergency department.[14] The construction was completed in late September 2016 for a total of $10 million.[15] The number of rooms had been increased from sixteen to twenty-four and they had been made private.[14][15]

In late June 2014, Adventist Midwest Health a subsidary of Adventist Health System, and Alexian Brothers Health System a subsidary of Ascension Health, signed a letter to create a joint venture company. The nine hospital company would be the third-largest in Illinois.[16][17] On February 1, 2015, the joint venture AMITA Health was officially created by Adventist Midwest Health and Alexian Health System.[18][19] On October 21, 2021, AMITA Health announced that it would split up.[20][21][22] On April 1, 2022, AMITA Health officially split up and AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange rebranded to AdventHealth La Grange.[23][24][25]

In late July 2017, AMITA Health applied for a certificate of need with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. It wanted to build a two-story 30,000-square-foot expansion for $43 million at AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange.[3][26] It wanted to add orthopedics with six operating rooms, cardiac testing and rehabilitation.[3] In early May 2018, the La Grange village board approved the expansion and renovation by 5 to 0,[27] even thou some of the people in the neighborhood were concerned about the traffic the construction would create.[28] In July 2018, Walsh Construction started expansion of the outpatient center at AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange, a total of 26,000-square-foot would be added to the outpatient center. And also the hospital would have 25,000-square-foot in renovations.[29] In March 2020, Walsh Construction finished the construction for $21 million saving AMITA Health $22 million.[30]

On September 13, 2022, UChicago Medicine announced that it planned to purchase a controlling interest in the AdventHealth hospitals in Illinois.[31][32][33] The joint venture became official on January 1, 2023.[34][35][36]

Controversy

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On June 25, 2018, AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange reached a settlement with the United States Department of Justice for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The hospital had been reported by a man who claimed that he had not been provided an American Sign Language interpreter in 2015.[37][38]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Why La Grange?". La Grange Illinois. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange". Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Mannion, Annemarie (August 10, 2017). "Amita Health plans $43 million addition to La Grange Hospital". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "Company News; Columbia/HCA To Acquire 3 Hospitals In Chicago Area". The New York Times. January 11, 1995. Retrieved August 12, 2024 – via Bloomberg News.
  5. ^ a b c "Columbia Profit More Than 100% On Sale Of La Grange Hospital". Chicago Tribune. October 1, 1998. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Columbia Says It Will Break Even On Sale Of Hospitals". Chicago Tribune. December 30, 1998. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "Adventist buying Chicago-area hospital". Orlando Business Journal. August 20, 1998. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  8. ^ Colias, Mike (December 6, 2007). "Loyola to buy suburban hospital in $100-mil. deal". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Hospital to remake much of its campus". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 2003. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  10. ^ "La Grange hospital plans addition to wound care center". Chicago Tribune. February 6, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  11. ^ Ruppenthal, Alex (September 11, 2013). "Natural Birthing Center opens at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital". Shaw Local News. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  12. ^ Eriksen, Charlotte (September 26, 2013). "Adventist La Grange Birth Center Opens Early". Patch.com. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  13. ^ Vaidya, Anuja (June 25, 2014). "Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital Gets Green Light for $8M ED Upgrade". Becker's Hospital CFO Report. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  14. ^ a b Ruzich, Joseph (October 8, 2014). "Adventist La Grange Hospital breaks ground on new ER". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  15. ^ a b Mannion, Annemarie (September 26, 2016). "La Grange hospital unveils renovated emergency department". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  16. ^ Wang, Andrew (June 17, 2014). "Alexian, Adventist agree to form nine-hospital system". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  17. ^ "Alexian Bros., Adventist Midwest form system, and other news". Modern Healthcare. June 21, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  18. ^ Karp, Gregory (April 14, 2015). "Amita Health is new name of hospital joint venture". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  19. ^ Schorsch, Kristen (April 13, 2015). "Alexian, Adventist have a new name for their joint venture". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  20. ^ Esposito, Stefano (October 21, 2021). "After seven years, AMITA Health partnership breaking up". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  21. ^ Farver, Lisa (October 21, 2021). "AMITA Health To Split After Nearly 7-Year Partnership". Patch.com. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  22. ^ LaPointe, Jacqueline (October 26, 2021). "AdventHealth, Ascension Look to Unwind Partnership After 7 Years". TechTarget. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  23. ^ Schencker, Lisa (April 1, 2022). "Amita Health officially splits up with hospitals getting new names". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  24. ^ Asplund, Jon (April 1, 2022). "After the Amita Health split, the former partners start rebranding". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  25. ^ Ellison, Ayla (April 1, 2022). "Ascension, AdventHealth rename hospitals as partnership unwinds". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  26. ^ Tepper, Nona (July 27, 2017). "Amita Health eyes $43 million expansion". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  27. ^ Beckman, Hank (May 15, 2018). "Village Board approves La Grange Hospital addition despite neighborhood concerns". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  28. ^ Beckman, Hank (March 15, 2018). "Neighbors raise traffic concerns over La Grange Hospital expansion plan". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  29. ^ "Walsh Construction breaks ground on new Outpatient Center". Walsh Construction. July 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  30. ^ "Walsh Construction completes AMITA Health's new Outpatient Pavilion at Adventist Medical Center La Grange". Walsh Construction. March 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  31. ^ Davis, Katherine (September 13, 2022). "UChicago Medicine to expand suburban presence in AdventHealth deal". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  32. ^ Ellison, Ayla (September 13, 2022). "UChicago Medicine to acquire controlling stake in 4 AdventHealth hospitals". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  33. ^ Schencker, Lisa (September 13, 2022). "University of Chicago Medicine to acquire controlling interest in hospitals in west suburbs". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  34. ^ Davis, Katherine (January 10, 2023). "UChicago Medicine finalizes AdventHealth deal". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  35. ^ Gamble, Molly (January 10, 2023). "UChicago Medicine, AdventHealth finalize joint venture". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  36. ^ Schencker, Lisa (January 10, 2023). "UChicago Medicine finalizes deal to acquire controlling interest in four west suburban hospitals". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  37. ^ Fornek, Kimberly (June 28, 2018). "Hinsdale and La Grange hospitals reach settlement over deaf man's complaint he was not provided with interpreter". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  38. ^ "United States Reaches Settlement with Suburban Hospitals to Ensure Effective Communication with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Patients". United States Department of Justice. June 26, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
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