{ "schemaVersion": 3, "entityId": "0007277704", "canonicalName": "BAPTIST BEAUMONT HOSPITAL", "status": "corporate_chain", "statusLabel": "Nonprofit corporate-owner warning", "summary": "Baptist Beaumont Hospital / Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas is not supported as PE-owned in this targeted pass. CMS May 2026 Hospital All Owners lists Community Hospital Consulting, Inc. as the 100 percent direct ownership-interest owner, and CHC official pages connect Baptist to the CHC hospital/client family. The public warning is nonprofit corporate-owner/chain context, not private-equity ownership.", "lastReviewed": "2026-06-29", "review": { "reviewer": "Codex targeted Beaumont Baptist/CHRISTUS correction pass", "evidence_grade": "government-corroborated nonprofit corporate-owner record", "confidence": "high", "source_count": 9, "ownership_source_count": 4, "identity_match_method": "Matched public map ID 0007277704 to CMS CCN 450346 by name, address, CMS enrollment, NPPES, and current CMS Hospital General Information.", "publication_decision": "Publish as nonprofit corporate-owner/CHC warning. Do not publish as PE-owned unless a future source documents direct PE ownership or a PE-backed contractor." }, "firstGlance": { "taxOwnershipType": "Nonprofit", "operator": "Community Hospital Consulting, Inc. / Community Hospital Corporation", "directPeOwnership": "No documented PE ownership in reviewed sources", "peRelationship": "Local PESP tracker row reports Currently PE? = N; CMS All Owners lists the CHC owner as nonprofit and not an investment firm.", "institutionalShareholderContext": "Not applicable to the nonprofit owner record reviewed here.", "careLevel": "Acute care hospital", "currentCeo": "Needs facility-specific leadership review", "previousRelevantCeo": "Needs facility-specific historical leadership review", "confidence": "High for CMS identity and CHC owner row; medium for absence of any unreviewed or undisclosed service contract.", "bottomLine": "Baptist Beaumont should no longer be shown as simple local independent. It belongs in a nonprofit corporate-owner warning category tied to CHC, while direct PE ownership remains unsupported." }, "communityImpact": { "populationServedEstimate": null, "populationServedLabel": "Needs facility-specific service-area estimate", "estimateMethod": "Not estimated in this targeted ownership pass.", "catchmentDescription": "Beaumont and Southeast Texas acute-care hospital context; no causal quality or access claim is made from ownership alone.", "traumaCareLevel": "Needs facility-specific trauma designation verification", "publicFacingCaveat": "Ownership/system status is descriptive and does not prove causation for any quality, labor, access, or safety outcome." }, "qualityAndLaborContext": { "immediateJeopardy2026SourceStatus": "No CMS 2567/state inspection review completed in this targeted ownership pass.", "noCausationClaim": true, "note": "The user-supplied case role concerns an ER visit on October 28, 2023. This dossier only classifies ownership/system and contract exposure; it does not adjudicate clinical liability." }, "identifiers": { "ccn": "450346", "npi": "1093744187", "historicalCcns": [], "aliases": [ { "alias": "BAPTIST HOSPITALS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS", "alias_type": "public_map_name_before_review", "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-enrollments" }, { "alias": "BAPTIST BEAUMONT HOSPITAL", "alias_type": "cms_dba_name", "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-enrollments" }, { "alias": "0007277704", "alias_type": "legacy_public_map_id", "source_id": "source-cms-general-info" } ] }, "ownershipHistory": [ { "relationship_id": "rel-chc-consulting-owns-baptist", "from_entity_id": "community-hospital-consulting", "to_entity_id": "0007277704", "relationship_type": "owns", "effective_date": "2000-10-01", "end_date": "", "announcement_date": "", "status": "confirmed", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "plain_english_summary": "CMS Hospital All Owners lists Community Hospital Consulting, Inc. as a 100 percent direct ownership-interest owner of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas.", "review_notes": "CMS flags the owner as nonprofit, chain-home-office = Y, investment firm = N, and private-equity company blank." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-chc-controls-baptist", "from_entity_id": "community-hospital-corporation", "to_entity_id": "0007277704", "relationship_type": "controls", "effective_date": "current", "end_date": "", "announcement_date": "", "status": "confirmed", "confidence": "medium", "source_ids": "source-chc-baptist-location|source-chc-30th-anniversary|source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "plain_english_summary": "CHC lists Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas - Beaumont among its hospitals/clients, and CHC describes its work as owning, managing, and consulting with hospitals through CHC Hospitals, CHC Consulting, and CHC ContinueCARE.", "review_notes": "This supports nonprofit corporate-owner/CHC family context. It is not a private-equity claim." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-baptist-pe-check", "from_entity_id": "private-equity-claim-check", "to_entity_id": "0007277704", "relationship_type": "searched_for_pe_ownership", "effective_date": "2026-06-29", "end_date": "", "announcement_date": "", "status": "searched_not_found", "confidence": "medium", "source_ids": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners|source-pesp-tracker-local|source-cms-chow", "plain_english_summary": "Reviewed CMS owner, CMS CHOW, and local PESP tracker sources did not support a direct PE-owned label or a PE-backed emergency-staffing label for Baptist Beaumont in this pass.", "review_notes": "Absence in reviewed sources is not proof no undisclosed or future contract exists." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-baptist-cms-identity", "from_entity_id": "cms", "to_entity_id": "0007277704", "relationship_type": "identifies_facility", "effective_date": "current", "end_date": "", "announcement_date": "", "status": "current", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-cms-general-info|source-cms-hospital-enrollments|source-nppes-baptist", "plain_english_summary": "CMS and NPPES identify CCN 450346 / NPI 1093744187 as Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas dba Baptist Beaumont Hospital at 3080 College Street, Beaumont.", "review_notes": "The public map row uses legacy/local ID 0007277704; CCN 450346 is the current CMS hospital identity." } ], "acquisitionEvents": [ { "date": "2000-10-01", "title": "CMS owner association date for Community Hospital Consulting, Inc.", "detail": "CMS Hospital All Owners lists Community Hospital Consulting, Inc. as the 100 percent direct ownership-interest owner of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas with association date 10/01/2000.", "sourceIds": [ "source-cms-hospital-all-owners" ] }, { "date": "2026-06-29", "title": "Private-equity claim checked", "detail": "Reviewed sources support nonprofit CHC corporate-owner context, not direct private-equity ownership. The local PESP tracker row reports Currently PE? = N and CMS CHOW returned no current matched CHOW row.", "sourceIds": [ "source-pesp-tracker-local", "source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "source-cms-chow" ] } ], "financialAndUtilizationSeries": [], "cmsOwnerRecords": [ { "relationship_id": "rel-chc-consulting-owns-baptist", "from_entity_id": "community-hospital-consulting", "to_entity_id": "450346", "relationship_type": "owns", "start_date": "2000-10-01", "end_date": "", "status": "confirmed", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "what_this_proves": "CMS All Owners lists Community Hospital Consulting, Inc. as 100 percent direct ownership-interest owner of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, association date 10/01/2000.", "what_this_does_not_prove": "Does not prove private-equity ownership; CMS flags this owner as nonprofit and investment firm = N." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-chc-controls-baptist", "from_entity_id": "community-hospital-corporation", "to_entity_id": "450346", "relationship_type": "controls", "start_date": "", "end_date": "", "status": "confirmed", "confidence": "medium", "source_ids": "source-chc-baptist-location|source-chc-30th-anniversary|source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "what_this_proves": "CHC lists Baptist as a hospital/client and says CHC owns, manages, and consults through CHC Hospitals, CHC Consulting, and CHC ContinueCARE; CMS identifies CHC Consulting as Baptist direct owner.", "what_this_does_not_prove": "Does not prove CHC is for-profit or PE-backed." } ], "ownershipChain": { "model": "Sponsor, operator, CMS legal-owner/control records, and facility are shown as separate evidence layers.", "confidence": "high", "nodes": [ { "id": "facility:0007277704", "label": "BAPTIST BEAUMONT HOSPITAL", "kind": "hospital", "evidence": "public facility record" }, { "id": "organization:community-hospital-consulting", "label": "Community Hospital Consulting", "kind": "portfolio_company_or_operator", "evidence": "research tracker or primary organizational source" } ], "edges": [ { "id": "organization:community-hospital-consulting->facility:0007277704", "from": "organization:community-hospital-consulting", "to": "facility:0007277704", "relationship": "reported ownership or operating chain", "confidence": "high", "sourceIds": [ "source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "source-chc-baptist-location", "source-chc-30th-anniversary", "source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "source-pesp-tracker-local", "source-cms-chow", "source-cms-general-info", "source-cms-hospital-enrollments", "source-nppes-baptist" ], "note": "The platform attribution comes from the research tracker and is displayed separately from CMS legal-owner rows." } ], "caveats": [ "CMS owner rows establish enrolled legal ownership or control roles; they do not always name the ultimate financial sponsor." ] }, "sources": [ { "source_id": "source-cms-general-info", "title": "Hospital General Information", "publisher": "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services", "source_type": "government dataset", "publication_date": "2026-06-29 live CSV query", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "xubh-q36u", "reliability_tier": "government", "supports_entity_ids": "450346|450034", "supports_relationship_ids": "", "evidence_location": "Live CSV rows for Facility ID 450346 and 450034", "what_this_source_proves": "CMS lists Baptist Beaumont Hospital at 3080 College Street and CHRISTUS Southeast Texas-St Elizabeth at 2830 Calder Avenue as acute care hospitals with Voluntary non-profit - Private ownership labels.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "Does not prove ultimate owner chain or staffing contractor relationships.", "counter_evidence_notes": "For Baptist, this updates the repo baseline row that still used HIFLD-style id 0007277704 without CCN.", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Queried live CSV download and matched CCNs 450346 and 450034." }, { "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-enrollments", "title": "Hospital Enrollments", "publisher": "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services", "source_type": "government dataset", "publication_date": "2026-05-01 dataset, modified 2026-05-18", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-enrollments", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "Hospital_Enrollments_2026.05.01.csv", "reliability_tier": "government", "supports_entity_ids": "450346|450034", "supports_relationship_ids": "", "evidence_location": "Enrollment IDs O20040915000492 and O20030918000010", "what_this_source_proves": "CMS enrollment lists Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas dba Baptist Beaumont Hospital, CCN 450346, NPI 1093744187, nonprofit corporation; and CHRISTUS Health Southeast Texas dba CHRISTUS Southeast Texas-St. Elizabeth, CCN 450034, NPI 1679557888, nonprofit corporation.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "Does not prove all owners or clinical contractors.", "counter_evidence_notes": "", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Current CMS catalog CSV URL was verified from data.cms.gov/data.json." }, { "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners", "title": "Hospital All Owners", "publisher": "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services", "source_type": "government dataset", "publication_date": "2026-05-01 dataset, modified 2026-06-17", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-all-owners", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "Hospital_All_Owners_2026.05.01.csv", "reliability_tier": "government", "supports_entity_ids": "450346|450034|community-hospital-consulting|christus-health", "supports_relationship_ids": "rel-chc-consulting-owns-baptist|rel-christus-health-owns-st-elizabeth", "evidence_location": "Enrollment IDs O20040915000492 and O20030918000010 owner rows", "what_this_source_proves": "CMS lists COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CONSULTING, INC as a 100 percent direct ownership-interest owner of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, association date 10/01/2000, nonprofit and chain-home-office flags; CMS lists CHRISTUS HEALTH as a 100 percent direct ownership-interest owner of CHRISTUS Health Southeast Texas, association date 02/01/1999, nonprofit and chain-home-office flags.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "Does not prove PE ownership for either hospital; PE company field is blank on the reviewed owner rows and investment-firm flag is N, but this is not a full internet-wide no-PE proof.", "counter_evidence_notes": "", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Current CMS catalog CSV URL was verified from data.cms.gov/data.json; exact rows were matched by enrollment ID." }, { "source_id": "source-cms-chow", "title": "Hospital Change of Ownership", "publisher": "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services", "source_type": "government dataset", "publication_date": "2026-04-01 dataset, modified 2026-04-20", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-change-of-ownership", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "Hospital_CHOW_2026.04.01.csv", "reliability_tier": "government", "supports_entity_ids": "450346|450034", "supports_relationship_ids": "", "evidence_location": "CCN search for 450346 and 450034", "what_this_source_proves": "No current CMS CHOW rows were found for Baptist Beaumont Hospital CCN 450346 or CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth CCN 450034 in the current CHOW file.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "No-result CHOW search does not prove no ownership change occurred outside the dataset window or under another unmatched identity.", "counter_evidence_notes": "", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Searched current CHOW CSV for CCNs, names, and Beaumont variants." }, { "source_id": "source-pesp-tracker-local", "title": "PESP hospital tracker import, dated 2026-04-03", "publisher": "Private Equity Stakeholder Project / Clinicians.fyi snapshot imported locally", "source_type": "research dataset snapshot", "publication_date": "2026-04-03", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "research/imports/pe-hospital-tracker-2026-04-03.csv", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "local import rows 908 and 1602", "reliability_tier": "research", "supports_entity_ids": "450346|450034", "supports_relationship_ids": "", "evidence_location": "Rows for Baptist Beaumont Hospital and CHRISTUS Southeast Texas-St Elizabeth", "what_this_source_proves": "The local tracker snapshot reports current PE = N and blank PE firm for both acute-care CCNs.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "A tracker row is not definitive proof of absence of all PE-backed service contracts; it is counter-evidence against direct PE ownership in that snapshot.", "counter_evidence_notes": "CHRISTUS has separate SCP/Onex service-layer evidence despite tracker current PE = N.", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Use as counter-evidence only, not sole clearance." }, { "source_id": "source-bhset-about", "title": "About Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas", "publisher": "Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas", "source_type": "primary hospital website", "publication_date": "", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://www.bhset.net/about-us/", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "official about page", "reliability_tier": "primary", "supports_entity_ids": "450346", "supports_relationship_ids": "", "evidence_location": "Official about page", "what_this_source_proves": "Baptist describes its Beaumont hospital mission, Christian environment, local community role, and 24/7 emergency medical care.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "Does not prove legal owner chain, current PE absence, or staffing contractors.", "counter_evidence_notes": "", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Supports Baptist faith/mission context and facility role." }, { "source_id": "source-chc-baptist-location", "title": "Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas - Beaumont", "publisher": "Community Hospital Corporation", "source_type": "primary operator/parent website", "publication_date": "", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://chc.com/hospitals-and-clients/locations/baptist-hospital-of-southeast-texas/", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "CHC hospital/client location page", "reliability_tier": "primary", "supports_entity_ids": "450346|community-hospital-corporation", "supports_relationship_ids": "rel-chc-controls-baptist", "evidence_location": "CHC hospital/client page", "what_this_source_proves": "CHC lists Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas - Beaumont among its hospitals and clients and repeats the Baptist mission and address at 3080 College Street.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "Does not by itself prove the legal owner percentage; the CMS All Owners row does that.", "counter_evidence_notes": "", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Use with CMS owner rows to model CHC/Community Hospital Consulting relationship." }, { "source_id": "source-chc-30th-anniversary", "title": "Community Hospital Corporation Celebrates 30th Year Improving Community Healthcare", "publisher": "Community Hospital Corporation", "source_type": "primary organization news", "publication_date": "2026-06-09", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://chc.com/community-hospital-corporation-celebrates-30th-year-improving-community-healthcare/", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "CHC 30th anniversary release", "reliability_tier": "primary", "supports_entity_ids": "community-hospital-corporation|community-hospital-consulting", "supports_relationship_ids": "rel-chc-controls-baptist", "evidence_location": "About CHC section", "what_this_source_proves": "CHC says it was created by not-for-profit and community-operated healthcare systems, owns, manages, and consults with hospitals, and operates through CHC Hospitals, CHC Consulting, and CHC ContinueCARE.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "Does not name Baptist as an owned hospital in that paragraph and does not prove PE ownership.", "counter_evidence_notes": "", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Supports CHC entity type as nonprofit/community-hospital services firm, not private equity." }, { "source_id": "source-nppes-baptist", "title": "NPI Registry record 1093744187", "publisher": "CMS NPPES NPI Registry", "source_type": "government API", "publication_date": "last updated 2025-08-25", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?number=1093744187&version=2.1", "archive_url": "", "document_identifier": "NPI 1093744187", "reliability_tier": "government", "supports_entity_ids": "450346", "supports_relationship_ids": "", "evidence_location": "NPI API result", "what_this_source_proves": "NPPES identifies Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas at 3080 College St., Beaumont, with doing-business-as Baptist Beaumont Hospital and taxonomy General Acute Care Hospital.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "Does not prove ultimate owner chain or PE absence.", "counter_evidence_notes": "", "short_excerpt": "", "research_note": "Identity support." } ], "limitations": [ "This is not a PE-owned classification.", "The targeted pass did not complete every quality, labor, inspection, financial, or lawsuit source family.", "A searched-not-found result does not prove that no undisclosed or future contract exists." ], "contradictions": [ { "contradiction_id": "contr-baptist-local-independent-baseline", "entity_id": "450346", "topic": "public_status", "source_a_ids": "public-data-current", "source_a_claim": "Current public CSV row for older id 0007277704 shows verified_independent/local_independent.", "source_b_ids": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners|source-chc-baptist-location|source-chc-30th-anniversary", "source_b_claim": "CMS All Owners lists Community Hospital Consulting, Inc. as 100 percent direct owner; CHC lists Baptist as hospital/client and describes CHC as owning/managing/consulting with hospitals.", "resolution": "resolve_to_corporate_chain_pending_approval", "resolution_note": "Do not label PE-owned; use nonprofit CHC corporate-owner warning if published." } ], "descriptiveTrends": [] }