{ "schemaVersion": 4, "entityId": "0006819102", "canonicalName": "HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL", "status": "closed", "statusLabel": "Closed / shut down in 2019", "summary": "Hahnemann University Hospital was a 496-bed Philadelphia academic medical center and Drexel teaching hospital. Tenet agreed in September 2017 to sell Hahnemann, St. Christopher's, related operations, physician practices, and hospital-affiliated entities to American Academic Health System, a Paladin Healthcare affiliate; AAHS completed the acquisition on January 11, 2018. The closure was announced June 26, 2019, the owner entered bankruptcy, ACGME invoked its emergency process for displaced trainees, and CMS Provider of Services data records a September 6, 2019 termination date.", "lastReviewed": "2026-07-17", "identifiers": { "ccn": "390290", "address": "230 NORTH BROAD STREET", "city": "PHILADELPHIA", "state": "PA", "zip": "19102", "county": "PHILADELPHIA", "latitude": 39.957536989854, "longitude": -75.1630301996097, "npi": "100778748", "historicalCcns": [ "390290", "399805" ], "aliases": [ { "alias": "Hahnemann University Hospital", "alias_type": "facility_name", "source_id": "source-cms-pos-hahnemann-termination" }, { "alias": "Hahnemann University Hospital Transplant Center", "alias_type": "related_terminated_transplant_center", "source_id": "source-cms-pos-hahnemann-termination" } ] }, "firstGlance": { "taxOwnershipType": "Closed former for-profit / PE-affiliated facility", "operator": "No active hospital operator after 2019 closure", "directPeOwnership": "No current hospital operation. Historical Paladin/AAHS ownership context is documented from 2018 to closure.", "peRelationship": "Former Paladin/AAHS ownership; closed historical marker", "institutionalShareholderContext": "Harrison Street property joint-venture context is real-estate related and separate from clinical operation.", "populationServedEstimate": null, "populationServedLabel": "Former 496-bed Philadelphia safety-net / academic medical center; closure displaced GME and staff.", "careLevel": "Closed former academic medical center, Level I trauma history, Drexel teaching hospital", "currentCeo": "No current hospital CEO; hospital closed in 2019", "previousRelevantCeo": "Joel Freedman, founder/CEO of AAHS and chairman of Paladin Healthcare", "operatorType": "Closed / no active hospital operator", "operatorName": "No active hospital operator", "parentSystem": "American Academic Health System (former owner/operator)", "affiliatedSystem": "Drexel University College of Medicine (former teaching affiliation)", "religiousAffiliation": "No religious affiliation established in reviewed sources", "confidence": "high", "evidenceAsOf": "2026-07-17", "bottomLine": "Hahnemann should display as closed after documented Paladin/AAHS private-equity-affiliated ownership. The connection layer separates owner/operator, sponsor leadership, financing, property, physician-practice, GME, and searched-not-found staffing contractor context." }, "review": { "reviewer": "Codex Hahnemann deep closed-hospital update", "evidence_grade": "deep source-backed closed-historical dossier", "confidence": "high", "source_count": 13, "ownership_source_count": 11, "identity_match_method": "Existing map record matched to CMS POS CCN 390290, Tenet/AAHS transaction sources, ACGME closure notice, and local closure reporting.", "publication_decision": "Publish as closed/historical with Paladin/AAHS ownership context, Drexel/GME staffing context, property-layer caveats, and explicit no-current-operator limitations." }, "sources": [ { "source_id": "source-tenet-paladin-hahnemann-sale", "title": "Tenet and Paladin definitive agreement for Philadelphia hospitals", "publisher": "Tenet Healthcare / SEC Exhibit 99.1", "publication_date": "2017-09-01", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000119312517275143/d454188dex991.htm", "source_type": "historical_pe_acquisition", "reliability_tier": "primary_company_filing", "research_note": "Tenet announced the agreement to sell Hahnemann, St. Christopher's, related operations, Tenet-owned physician practices, and other hospital-affiliated entities to AAHS, a newly formed Paladin affiliate. Tenet disclosed expected proceeds of about $170 million.", "what_this_source_proves": "Sale target, buyer, Paladin/AAHS relationship, included physician-practice and affiliated-entity scope, and transaction amount context.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not prove closure causation or a current hospital operator after 2019." }, { "source_id": "source-aahs-hahnemann-acquisition-completion", "title": "AAHS completes acquisition of Hahnemann and St. Christopher's", "publisher": "American Academic Health System / Business Wire mirror", "publication_date": "2018-01-11", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://wolfmediausa.com/2018/01/11/news-release-american-academic-health-system-completes-acquisition-of-hahnemann-university-hospital-and-st-christophers-hospital-for-children/", "source_type": "historical_pe_acquisition", "reliability_tier": "primary_company_release", "research_note": "AAHS, described as an affiliate of Paladin Healthcare, completed the acquisition and described Hahnemann as the teaching hospital for Drexel University College of Medicine. The release also describes Harrison Street real-estate joint-venture context for medical-office and parking assets while AAHS retained hospital-building ownership.", "what_this_source_proves": "Closing date, AAHS/Paladin affiliation, Drexel teaching-hospital status, affiliated physician-practice scope, and Harrison Street property context.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not establish that Harrison Street operated the hospital or that a real-estate partner owned the hospital license." }, { "source_id": "source-aahs-joel-freedman-paladin-leadership", "title": "AAHS founder profile for Joel Freedman", "publisher": "American Academic Health System", "publication_date": "2017-11-27", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://americanacademic.com/2017/11/joel-freedman/", "source_type": "leadership_and_sponsor_context", "reliability_tier": "company_primary_source", "research_note": "AAHS identified Joel Freedman as chairman/founder of AAHS and CEO/founder of Paladin Healthcare Capital, and said the Philadelphia acquisition included Hahnemann, St. Christopher's, and several affiliated physician groups.", "what_this_source_proves": "AAHS/Paladin leadership link and affiliated physician-group transaction context.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not identify a separate clinical staffing, nursing staffing, or physician-practice management contractor." }, { "source_id": "source-drexel-hahnemann-teaching-campus", "title": "Drexel College of Medicine: key clinical campuses have a new owner", "publisher": "Drexel University College of Medicine", "publication_date": "2018", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://drexel.edu/medicine/news-events/publications/pulse/winter-2018/key-clinical-campuses-have-a-new-owner/", "source_type": "teaching_and_staffing_context", "reliability_tier": "institution_primary_source", "research_note": "Drexel described Hahnemann and St. Christopher's as College of Medicine affiliated campuses with a new owner, American Academic Health System, an affiliate of Paladin Healthcare.", "what_this_source_proves": "Drexel educational affiliation and the AAHS/Paladin ownership transition.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not identify a separate PE-backed clinical staffing contractor." }, { "source_id": "source-acgme-hahnemann-closure", "title": "Hahnemann University Hospital Closure", "publisher": "Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education", "publication_date": "2019-07-02", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://www.acgme.org/newsroom/2019/7/hahnemann-university-hospital-closure/", "source_type": "closure_update", "reliability_tier": "regulator_or_accreditor_source", "research_note": "ACGME said it was notified Hahnemann would file Chapter 11 with intent to wind down operations and close, invoked Extraordinary Circumstances, and catalogued more than 500 available positions for displaced residents and fellows.", "what_this_source_proves": "Bankruptcy/closure notice, anticipated September 6, 2019 operations discontinuation, and graduate medical education displacement response.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not assign financial causation for the closure." }, { "source_id": "source-academic-medicine-hahnemann-gme-displacement", "title": "The Hahnemann University Hospital Closure and What Matters", "publisher": "Academic Medicine / PubMed", "publication_date": "2020-04", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31809291/", "source_type": "gme_and_labor_impact", "reliability_tier": "peer_reviewed_or_indexed_source", "research_note": "The indexed abstract says the closure was announced June 26, 2019, caused the most significant GME displacement in history, sent more than 550 residents to new institutions within a month, and cost more than 2,000 physicians, nurses, and staff their jobs.", "what_this_source_proves": "Announcement date, GME displacement scale, and broad workforce impact.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not identify a separate staffing contractor or prove closure causation by itself." }, { "source_id": "source-hahnemann-closure-faq-pahs-practices", "title": "Hahnemann closure FAQs for the community", "publisher": "Hahnemann University Hospital", "publication_date": "2019-06-30", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://www.hahnemannhospital.com/Closure%20FAQs%20for%20the%20Community.html", "source_type": "closure_and_bankruptcy_context", "reliability_tier": "facility_primary_source", "research_note": "The closure FAQ identifies Philadelphia Academic Health System as the parent company of Hahnemann and St. Christopher's and says PAHS, certain subsidiaries, and related physician practices filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy.", "what_this_source_proves": "PAHS parent-company context, bankruptcy filing scope, related physician-practice context, and closure timeline milestones.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not name a PE-backed nursing agency, emergency-medicine contractor, anesthesia group, radiology contractor, hospitalist group, or revenue-cycle vendor." }, { "source_id": "source-whyy-hahnemann-wind-down-schedule", "title": "Hahnemann wind-down schedule", "publisher": "WHYY", "publication_date": "2019-07-16", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://whyy.org/articles/hahnemann-wants-to-stop-taking-new-patients-friday/", "source_type": "closure_update", "reliability_tier": "local_reporting_source", "research_note": "WHYY reported the wind-down schedule: ED admissions ending July 17, direct inpatient admissions ending July 19, several services ending July 26, emergency department closure on August 16, core hospital services ending August 23, and building closure on or about September 6.", "what_this_source_proves": "Service-by-service closure timeline and safety-net access context.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not independently prove the acquisition terms." }, { "source_id": "source-whyy-hahnemann-real-estate-separation", "title": "Hahnemann bankruptcy and real-estate separation", "publisher": "WHYY", "publication_date": "2019-07-31", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://whyy.org/articles/many-fear-hahnemanns-story-will-send-a-message-buying-a-failing-hospital-pays/", "source_type": "real_estate_and_bankruptcy_context", "reliability_tier": "local_reporting_source", "research_note": "WHYY reported that Philadelphia Academic Health System was in bankruptcy while the real estate was not included, and that Broad Street Healthcare held the hospital property. This is kept as property/bankruptcy context, not hospital operation.", "what_this_source_proves": "Property separation and bankruptcy context surrounding the closure.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not prove the real-estate owner operated hospital services." }, { "source_id": "source-midcap-apollo-platform-context", "title": "MidCap Financial platform overview", "publisher": "MidCap Financial", "publication_date": "2026", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://www.midcapfinancial.com/for-investors/", "source_type": "financing_platform_context", "reliability_tier": "company_primary_source", "research_note": "MidCap describes itself as Apollo's primary middle-market direct origination platform, supported by relationships with private-equity sponsors and portfolio company management teams.", "what_this_source_proves": "MidCap/Apollo platform relationship for financing-context labeling.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "By itself, it does not prove the terms of any Hahnemann loan, hospital operation, or staffing contract." }, { "source_id": "source-new-yorker-hahnemann-financing-service-context", "title": "The Death of Hahnemann Hospital", "publisher": "The New Yorker", "publication_date": "2021-05-31", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/07/the-death-of-hahnemann-hospital", "source_type": "reported_financing_and_service_context", "reliability_tier": "reported_secondary_source", "research_note": "The reporting describes Paladin/Freedman control context, financing from MidCap/Apollo and Harrison Street, and internal documentation/coding-review activity. This dossier treats those as reported financing and service-context layers, not as named clinical-staffing contractor proof.", "what_this_source_proves": "Reported financing context and reported documentation/coding-review activity around Hahnemann.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not establish a named PE-backed staffing, nursing, emergency-medicine, anesthesia, radiology, hospitalist, or practitioner contractor." }, { "source_id": "source-cms-pos-hahnemann-termination", "title": "CMS Provider of Services termination record", "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services", "publication_date": "2019-09-06", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/provider-of-services-file-internet-quality-improvement-and-evaluation-system", "source_type": "government_identity_and_closure_record", "reliability_tier": "government_dataset", "research_note": "The repo-local CMS Provider of Services QIES hospital cache includes CCN 390290 for Hahnemann University Hospital at 230 North Broad Street with a 2019-09-06 termination date; the Hahnemann transplant-center row separately terminates 2019-08-25.", "what_this_source_proves": "Official CMS identity, address, bed context, and termination-date evidence.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not describe ownership causation or the real-estate transaction structure." }, { "source_id": "source-hospital-universe-0006819102", "title": "Hospital universe / existing map location record", "publisher": "PE Healthcare Watch hospital universe", "publication_date": "2026-07-17", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://healthcarewatch.xyz/data/hospitals.json", "source_type": "hospital_universe_record", "reliability_tier": "derived_public_dataset", "research_note": "Existing map record used for facility identity, address, and geographic placement.", "what_this_source_proves": "Facility identity and map coordinates already present in the hospital universe.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not independently prove closure, ownership, reopening, or current operations." } ], "ownershipHistory": [ { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-1", "from_entity_id": "organization:tenet-healthcare", "to_entity_id": "organization:american-academic-health-system", "relationship_type": "sold Hahnemann and related operations", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2017-09-01", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-tenet-paladin-hahnemann-sale|source-aahs-hahnemann-acquisition-completion", "plain_english_summary": "Tenet sold Hahnemann, St. Christopher's, related operations, physician practices, and other affiliated entities to AAHS.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-2", "from_entity_id": "organization:paladin-healthcare-capital", "to_entity_id": "organization:american-academic-health-system", "relationship_type": "formed affiliate / historical PE sponsor context", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2017-09-01", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-tenet-paladin-hahnemann-sale|source-aahs-hahnemann-acquisition-completion|source-drexel-hahnemann-teaching-campus|source-aahs-joel-freedman-paladin-leadership", "plain_english_summary": "Sources describe AAHS as a newly formed or current affiliate of Paladin Healthcare.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-3", "from_entity_id": "person:joel-freedman", "to_entity_id": "organization:american-academic-health-system", "relationship_type": "chairman/founder and sponsor leadership context", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2017-09-01", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-aahs-joel-freedman-paladin-leadership|source-new-yorker-hahnemann-financing-service-context", "plain_english_summary": "Freedman is retained as leadership/control context for the AAHS/Paladin acquisition period.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-4", "from_entity_id": "organization:american-academic-health-system", "to_entity_id": "facility:0006819102", "relationship_type": "owned and operated before closure", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2018-01-11", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-aahs-hahnemann-acquisition-completion|source-acgme-hahnemann-closure|source-hahnemann-closure-faq-pahs-practices", "plain_english_summary": "AAHS completed the acquisition in January 2018 and Hahnemann later wound down under the PAHS/Center City bankruptcy context.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-5", "from_entity_id": "organization:philadelphia-academic-health-system", "to_entity_id": "facility:0006819102", "relationship_type": "bankruptcy and closure operator context", "effective_date": "2019-06-30", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2019-06-26", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-acgme-hahnemann-closure|source-whyy-hahnemann-real-estate-separation|source-hahnemann-closure-faq-pahs-practices", "plain_english_summary": "PAHS/Center City bankruptcy context is retained as closure accountability context, not a current operator claim.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-6", "from_entity_id": "organization:harrison-street-real-estate-capital", "to_entity_id": "facility:0006819102", "relationship_type": "campus real-estate joint-venture context", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2017-09-01", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "medium", "source_ids": "source-aahs-hahnemann-acquisition-completion", "plain_english_summary": "Harrison Street context is limited to property/joint-venture assets described in the acquisition release and is not treated as hospital operation or clinical control.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-7", "from_entity_id": "organization:midcap-financial-apollo", "to_entity_id": "organization:american-academic-health-system", "relationship_type": "reported financing and secured-creditor context", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2018-01-11", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "medium", "source_ids": "source-new-yorker-hahnemann-financing-service-context|source-midcap-apollo-platform-context", "plain_english_summary": "Published reporting connects MidCap/Apollo financing to the AAHS Hahnemann acquisition context; this is capital backing context, not hospital staffing or operation.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-8", "from_entity_id": "organization:hahnemann-related-physician-practices", "to_entity_id": "organization:american-academic-health-system", "relationship_type": "physician-practice and affiliated-entity transaction scope", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2018-01-11", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-tenet-paladin-hahnemann-sale|source-aahs-hahnemann-acquisition-completion|source-aahs-joel-freedman-paladin-leadership|source-hahnemann-closure-faq-pahs-practices", "plain_english_summary": "The sale and closure sources identify affiliated physician practices or related physician practices in the acquisition/bankruptcy scope; this is not a separate PE staffing-contractor finding.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-9", "from_entity_id": "service:documentation-coding-review", "to_entity_id": "facility:0006819102", "relationship_type": "reported documentation/coding-review activity", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2021-05-31", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "medium", "source_ids": "source-new-yorker-hahnemann-financing-service-context|source-aahs-joel-freedman-paladin-leadership", "plain_english_summary": "AAHS described focus areas including clinical documentation, contracting, revenue cycle, and labor productivity; reporting separately describes documentation/coding-review activity. No named vendor was established.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-10", "from_entity_id": "organization:drexel-university-college-of-medicine", "to_entity_id": "facility:0006819102", "relationship_type": "teaching hospital and GME staffing/training affiliation", "effective_date": "2018-01-11", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2017-09-01", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-drexel-hahnemann-teaching-campus|source-academic-medicine-hahnemann-gme-displacement", "plain_english_summary": "Drexel/Hahnemann teaching and resident/fellow context is the confirmed staffing/training layer found in this pass.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-hahnemann-11", "from_entity_id": "organization:acgme", "to_entity_id": "facility:0006819102", "relationship_type": "GME displacement response", "effective_date": "2019-06-30", "end_date": "2019-09-06", "announcement_date": "2019-06-26", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-acgme-hahnemann-closure|source-academic-medicine-hahnemann-gme-displacement", "plain_english_summary": "ACGME invoked extraordinary circumstances and coordinated transfer-position reporting for displaced residents and fellows.", "review_notes": "Hahnemann closed-historical dossier keeps ownership, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and closure layers separate." } ], "ownershipChain": { "model": "Closed-campus marker with separate former seller, former PE sponsor, sponsor leadership, former operator, bankruptcy, financing, real-estate, physician-practice, teaching/GME, service-context, and accreditor nodes.", "confidence": "high", "nodes": [ { "id": "facility:0006819102", "label": "HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL", "kind": "closed_hospital", "evidence": "Closed / shut down in 2019; 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They do not identify a separate PE-backed practitioner staffing contractor." }, { "entityName": "Drexel University College of Medicine", "entityKind": "Teaching affiliation / GME staffing context", "relationship": "teaching hospital and resident/fellow training affiliation", "classification": "Staffing and training context", "evidenceSourceIds": [ "source-drexel-hahnemann-teaching-campus", "source-academic-medicine-hahnemann-gme-displacement", "source-acgme-hahnemann-closure" ], "note": "Drexel/Hahnemann GME is the source-backed staffing/training layer; more than 550 residents and fellows were displaced after the closure announcement." }, { "entityName": "Documentation / coding review activity", "entityKind": "Revenue-cycle / coding activity", "relationship": "reported clinical documentation and coding-review activity", "classification": "Private activity/service layer, named vendor not established", "evidenceSourceIds": [ "source-aahs-joel-freedman-paladin-leadership", "source-new-yorker-hahnemann-financing-service-context" ], "note": "AAHS described focus on clinical documentation, contracting, revenue cycle, and labor productivity; reporting describes documentation/coding-review activity. No named vendor or PE-backed revenue-cycle contractor was established." }, { "entityName": "Separate PE-backed clinical staffing / nursing / practitioner contractor", "entityKind": "Searched-not-found contractor layer", "relationship": "emergency, anesthesia, hospitalist, radiology, nursing-agency, and practitioner-staffing contractor search", "classification": "Not established", "evidenceSourceIds": [ "source-tenet-paladin-hahnemann-sale", "source-drexel-hahnemann-teaching-campus", "source-academic-medicine-hahnemann-gme-displacement", "source-hahnemann-closure-faq-pahs-practices" ], "note": "Targeted review did not establish a separate PE-backed staffing contractor for Hahnemann. Do not convert the confirmed Paladin/AAHS ownership context into a TeamHealth, Envision, SCP, anesthesia, radiology, nursing-agency, hospitalist, or practitioner-staffing claim without a new source." } ], "unavailableFields": [ "Current hospital operator", "Current hospital CEO", "Current inpatient service status after closure", "Current emergency department service status after closure", "Separate PE-backed clinical staffing contractor", "Separate PE-backed nursing staffing agency", "Separate PE-backed physician/practitioner staffing contractor", "Named revenue-cycle or coding-review vendor", "Facility-level executive compensation" ], "actions": [ "Display Hahnemann as CLOSED / historical, not active PE-owned.", "Show Paladin Healthcare Capital, Joel Freedman, AAHS, Philadelphia Academic Health System, MidCap/Apollo, Harrison Street, physician-practice, Drexel/GME, documentation/coding, and searched-not-found staffing layers as separate connections.", "Do not classify the financing, real-estate, service-context, practice-scope, or searched-not-found staffing layers as hospital ownership.", "Open ACGME closure source: https://www.acgme.org/newsroom/2019/7/hahnemann-university-hospital-closure/" ] }