Park Hospital District Board of Directors Held September Regular Meeting on Oct. 9
Oct. 15, 2025: With a short agenda, the Board of Directors for the Park Hospital District, which oversees the operations of Estes Park Health, held their September regular monthly meeting on Oct. 9 due to a schedule change.
After approval of the meeting minutes from three previous meetings and the staff credentialing report, Estes Park Health CEO Vern Carda gave an update about hospital operations.
“Most of our work is now centered around how we are going to affiliate with UCHealth with an anticipated date of December 1,” said Carda. “Some of the key activities that we have to make sure we get right and work through for EPH is all of the staff onboarding.”
Carda continued to highlight some of the details about the onboarding process to become UCHealth employees, including background check authorizations, forms to be completed and that the work should be completed sometime in mid-November.
“Other important affiliation items we have been working on include working with [our law firm] Hall Render and the Larimer County Commissioners and their staff to prepare for a public hearing regarding the UCHealth Estes Valley Medical Center Service Plan,” said Carda. “And last, but not least, we’ve spent a fair amount of time working with the Park Hospital District, discussing post affiliation operating needs.”
Some of the Park Hospital District operating needs will include building a website, creating a logo, finding a workspace, establishing new email addresses and writing an operating plan to help them structure a roadmap for the future.
The postponement of the effective date from Nov. 1 to Dec. 1 was necessary to accommodate the 20-day notification window to get on the Larimer County Commissioners’ meeting calendar. The commissioners need to review and approve the affiliation before the transaction can close. We will keep the community notified of that date once it has been confirmed.
For more information about the affiliation of Estes Park Health and UCHealth, visit UCHealth Partnership Update – Estes Park Health.