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    "The investment signal does not establish completed private-equity ownership or a pending sale."
  ],
  "unavailableFields": [
    "Precise acquisition date"
  ],
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    {
      "source_id": "source-hifld-hospitals",
      "title": "Hospitals RAPT",
      "publisher": "Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data",
      "publication_date": "current public layer",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-22",
      "url": "https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/geoplatform::hospitals/about",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Used for facility location and basic identity context; it does not establish private-equity ownership.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-pesp-hospital-tracker",
      "title": "Private Equity Hospital Tracker",
      "publisher": "Private Equity Stakeholder Project",
      "publication_date": "2026-04-03 snapshot",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-22",
      "url": "https://pestakeholder.org/private-equity-hospital-tracker/",
      "reliability_tier": "research",
      "research_note": "Discovery and ownership-chain baseline. A red public status also requires independent corroboration in this dossier.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-enrollments",
      "title": "Hospital Enrollments",
      "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "publication_date": "2026-05-01",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-22",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-enrollments",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Used to corroborate current enrollment identity, legal name, DBA, CCN, NPI, and location.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners",
      "title": "Hospital All Owners",
      "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "publication_date": "2026-05-01",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-22",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-all-owners",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Used to corroborate direct or indirect ownership, control, holding-company, investment-firm, and security-interest records.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-cms-hcris",
      "title": "Hospital Provider Cost Reports",
      "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "publication_date": "2015–2024",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-22",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-compliance/cost-reports/hospital-provider-cost-report",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Financial, staffing, and utilization values. These descriptive measures do not establish causation.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-cms-care-compare",
      "title": "Hospital General Information",
      "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "publication_date": "2026",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-22",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Used for current facility identity, hospital type, ownership category, and overall rating when available.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    }
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    "confidence": "medium",
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        "kind": "hospital",
        "evidence": "public facility record"
      },
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        "id": "organization:university-of-kansas-hospital-authority",
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        "evidence": "CORPORATE DIRECTOR"
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        "id": "cms-owner:jessica-rhodus:1",
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        "evidence": "W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE"
      },
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        "id": "cms-owner:john-staton:2",
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        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:kirstie-van-ry:3",
        "label": "KIRSTIE VAN RY",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "CORPORATE DIRECTOR"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:sherri-vaughn:4",
        "label": "SHERRI VAUGHN",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "CORPORATE DIRECTOR"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:raghavendra-adiga:5",
        "label": "RAGHAVENDRA ADIGA",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "CORPORATE DIRECTOR"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:raghavendra-adiga:6",
        "label": "RAGHAVENDRA ADIGA",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:catherine-wiens:7",
        "label": "CATHERINE WIENS",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:daniel-peters:8",
        "label": "DANIEL PETERS",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "CORPORATE OFFICER"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:daniel-peters:9",
        "label": "DANIEL PETERS",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "CORPORATE DIRECTOR"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:douglas-gaston:10",
        "label": "DOUGLAS GASTON",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "CORPORATE OFFICER"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:robert-page:11",
        "label": "ROBERT PAGE",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "CORPORATE OFFICER"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:chakshu-gupta:12",
        "label": "CHAKSHU GUPTA",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "CORPORATE DIRECTOR"
      },
      {
        "id": "cms-owner:university-of-kansas-hospital-authority:13",
        "label": "UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL AUTHORITY",
        "kind": "cms_owner_or_controller",
        "evidence": "5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "id": "organization:university-of-kansas-hospital-authority->facility:260177",
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          "source-pesp-hospital-tracker"
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        "note": "The platform attribution comes from the research tracker and is displayed separately from CMS legal-owner rows."
      },
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        "note": "CORPORATE DIRECTOR · associated 07/01/2024"
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        "sourceIds": [
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        ],
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        "sourceIds": [
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        "id": "cms-owner:kirstie-van-ry:3->facility:260177",
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        "to": "facility:260177",
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