profit industry healthcare predecessor the health services corporation of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints founded salt lake city utah united states september 24 1970 1970 09 24 founder presiding bishopric of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints headquarters salt lake city utah united states area served utah and idaho united states key people charles w. sorenson jr. md president ceo scott anderson chairman of the board website intermountainhealthcare.org intermountain healthcare is a not for profit healthcare system and is the largest healthcare provider in the intermountain west . intermountain healthcare provides hospital and other medical services in utah and idaho and also offers integrated managed care under the insurance brand selecthealth . intermountain healthcare is headquartered in salt lake city utah and has some 37 000 employees . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 hospitals 2.1 former hospitals 3 life flight 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit intermountain health care inc. ihc logo 1975 2005 intermountain healthcare was founded on 1 april 1975 . 3 prior to intermountain the church of jesus christ of latter day saints operated many of the hospitals in the region . the church decided in 1974 it would no longer operate the hospitals and decided it would donate its fifteen hospitals as a system to the intermountain community . 3 the church did this on the condition that a not for profit organization would be formed to operate the hospitals on behalf of the communities they served . since its inception board members of intermountain healthcare have been unpaid volunteers . raising funds was done through the bond market and within just a few years several additional hospitals asked to join the intermountain organization . intermountain s hospital market share about 45 percent of utah s hospital beds has remained consistent since the organization was formed . in 1982 intermountain healthcare began providing non hospital services such as clinics and home healthcare . four additional hospitals were added from 1982 to 1990 . in 1991 intermountain was recipient of the healthcare forum witt award . in the mid 1990s intermountain healthcare restructured into three major groups hospitals physicians and health plans . in 2002 intermountain served as the medical services provider for the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city . intermountain healthcare inc. logo since 2005 in 2005 intermountain implemented a new logo and slightly changed the spelling of its name from intermountain health care to intermountain healthcare . the purpose was to reflect today s more common spelling of healthcare . up until this time intermountain was well known as ihc which was also discontinued with the name change . in 2006 intermountain renamed its health insurance plan selecthealth and formalized the separate management of the insurance side of the organization . 4 intermountain has sometimes been subject to review by the utah state legislature because of the hospital organization s nonprofit mission and because they own 21 of utah s 60 hospitals . however proposals by competitors to force intermountain to sell off either the insurance or hospital components of the organization have been fruitless . in 2005 the utah state legislature hired an outside research company to review utah s healthcare marketplace . while the independent experts did not address all of the challenges facing utah s healthcare industry the researchers did conclude that considerable evidence exists to support the conclusion that utah s health care markets are performing competitively ... intervention by the utah legislature to promote competition in these markets is not necessary . the six month study recommended that the utah legislature refrain from creating more regulations for utah s healthcare marketplace stating competitive markets are more likely to be harmed than helped by regulatory directives . in 2009 intermountain healthcare was identified as a healthcare model by president barack obama we have long known that some places like the intermountain healthcare in utah ... offer high quality care at cost below average . 5 according to the kaiser family foundation utah s per capita spending on healthcare is 44 percent below the national average . 5 intermountain healthcare announced that beginning in 2011 it would offer health insurance benefits for its employees domestic partners . 6 intermountain healthcare operates 22 hospitals in utah and idaho . 7 intermountain also operates 185 clinics and urgent care facilities that are run by physicians as part of the intermountain medical group . 3 in total intermountain healthcare operates over 160 healthcare facilities employs about 1 400 of utah s 5 000 physicians and provides insurance to about 22 percent of utah . it is also the largest private employer in utah . 7 hospitals edit intermountain healthcare operates 22 hospitals in utah and idaho 8 with 2 781 licensed beds as listed in the table below facility name city state licensed beds staffed beds designation coordinates alta view hospital sandy utah 71 66 40 34 39.2 n 111 51 11.8 w 40.577556 n 111.853278 w 40.577556 ; 111.853278 alta view hospital american fork hospital american fork utah 89 89 level iv trauma center 40 22 50.1 n 111 46 9.3 w 40.380583 n 111.769250 w 40.380583 ; 111.769250 american fork hospital bear river valley hospital tremonton utah 16 16 level iv trauma center 41 43 32.4 n 112 10 52.8 w 41.725667 n 112.181333 w 41.725667 ; 112.181333 bear river valley hospital cassia regional hospital burley idaho 25 25 42 32 3.3 n 113 47 0.5 w 42.534250 n 113.783472 w 42.534250 ; 113.783472 cassia regional medical center cedar city hospital cedar city utah 48 48 37 42 0 n 113 3 50.6 w 37.70000 n 113.064056 w 37.70000 ; 113.064056 valley view medical center delta community hospital delta utah 18 18 39 21 1.8 n 112 33 35.2 w 39.350500 n 112.559778 w 39.350500 ; 112.559778 delta community medical center dixie regional medical center st. george utah 245 245 level ii trauma center 37 5 56.8 n 113 34 30 w 37.099111 n 113.57500 w 37.099111 ; 113.57500 dixie regional medical center 400 east campus 37 5 59.1 n 113 33 15 w 37.099750 n 113.55417 w 37.099750 ; 113.55417 dixie regional medical center river road campus fillmore community hospital fillmore utah 19 19 38 57 9.9 n 112 20 26.4 w 38.952750 n 112.340667 w 38.952750 ; 112.340667 fillmore community medical center garfield memorial hospital & clinics panguitch utah 14 14 37 49 28.7 n 112 25 40.5 w 37.824639 n 112.427917 w 37.824639 ; 112.427917 garfield memorial hospital & clinics heber valley hospital heber utah 19 16 40 31 49.2 n 111 24 32.4 w 40.530333 n 111.409000 w 40.530333 ; 111.409000 heber valley medical center intermountain medical center murray utah 472 472 level i trauma center 40 39 43.2 n 111 53 35.7 w 40.662000 n 111.893250 w 40.662000 ; 111.893250 intermountain medical center lds hospital salt lake city utah 250 250 40 46 42.6 n 111 52 50 w 40.778500 n 111.88056 w 40.778500 ; 111.88056 lds hospital logan regional hospital logan utah 146 128 level iii trauma center 41 45 26.8 n 111 49 16 w 41.757444 n 111.82111 w 41.757444 ; 111.82111 logan regional hospital mckay dee hospital center ogden utah 321 312 level ii trauma center 41 11 0.1 n 111 56 56.3 w 41.183361 n 111.948972 w 41.183361 ; 111.948972 mckay dee hospital center orem community hospital orem utah 24 18 40 18 11.4 n 111 42 18.6 w 40.303167 n 111.705167 w 40.303167 ; 111.705167 orem community hospital park city hospital park city utah 37 37 level iv trauma center 40 40 52.8 n 111 27 58.7 w 40.681333 n 111.466306 w 40.681333 ; 111.466306 park city medical center primary children s hospital salt lake city utah 289 289 level i trauma center 40 46 1.4 n 111 50 18.4 w 40.767056 n 111.838444 w 40.767056 ; 111.838444 primary children s hospital riverton hospital riverton utah 97 88 40 31 20.5 n 111 58 47.7 w 40.522361 n 111.979917 w 40.522361 ; 111.979917 riverton hospital sanpete valley hospital mt. pleasant utah 18 18 39 31 56 n 111 27 40.3 w 39.53222 n 111.461194 w 39.53222 ; 111.461194 sanpete valley hospital sevier valley hospital richfield utah 29 24 38 46 53.7 n 112 5 5.6 w 38.781583 n 112.084889 w 38.781583 ; 112.084889 sevier valley medical center the orthopedic specialty hospital tosh murray utah 40 40 40 38 35.3 n 111 52 56.6 w 40.643139 n 111.882389 w 40.643139 ; 111.882389 the orthopedic specialty hospital tosh utah valley hospital provo utah 395 359 level ii trauma center 40 14 50.7 n 111 40 1.6 w 40.247417 n 111.667111 w 40.247417 ; 111.667111 utah valley regional medical center map this section s coordinates using osm map this section s coordinates using google map up to 200 of this section s coordinates using bing export this section s coordinates as kml export this section s coordinates as georss export this section s coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf former hospitals edit cottonwood hospital murray utah closed 29 october 2007 upon the opening of the intermountain medical center . the orthopedic specialty hospital tosh facility is located at this location . life flight edit intermountain healthcare life flight logo since 2005 intermountain life flight intermountain healthcare s air ambulance unit provides emergency air transportation as well as non emergency transport for victims particularly in remote areas as well as emergency scenes where time is critical . in addition to transport life flight also provides search and rescue services to the region . it consists of five helicopters and three fixed wing aircraft . life flight originally began service in 1972 with just fixed winged aircraft but on 6 july 1978 it performed its first patient transport by helicopter becoming the seventh helicopter rotor wing air medical service in the united states . 9 intermountain currently operates two agusta a109k2 helicopters one agusta aw109 sp grand and two bell 407 helicopters . the helicopters are based at mckay dee hospital center in odgen utah valley regional medical center in provo intermountain medical center in murray primary children s medical center in salt lake city and dixie regional medical center in st. george . life flight also operates three beechcraft b200 king air twin turboprop aircraft . two are based at life flight s operations center at the salt lake city international airport and the third is based at st. george regional airport . 10 the helicopters generally service an area 150 mile around their base but can travel 1 000 miles without refueling . in addition to servicing utah life flight transports patients from arizona idaho montana nevada wyoming and other locations in the western united states . 11 life flight and its staff are commission on accreditation of medical transport systems camts certified . all of life flight s helicopters routinely use night vision goggles nvg and its agusta grands can operate in high altitude situations . life flight can provide a medical control physician 24 7 so its staff does not have to rely solely on standing orders or protocols as do many other similar air medical services . life flight has six teams 12 adult team pediatric team life flight is the only air ambulance service with paramedics and nurses specially trained to care for infants and children ages 0 18 that operates in the intermountain west . 13 neonatal team life flight performs about 1 200 neonatal transports each year respiratory team lvad team assisting those patients in need of a ventricular assist device hoist search & rescue team life flight has performed hoist rescues since 2001 ; in fact it is the first and only civilian air ambulance service in the united states that conducts hoist rescues 13 and the only such service in the intermountian region . see also edit list of hospitals in utah alta view hospital hostage incident references edit