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  "canonicalName": "VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL",
  "status": "corporate_chain",
  "statusLabel": "Corporate-chain ownership/accountability warning",
  "summary": "VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL has a completed North Carolina state-template dossier baseline with official identity, CMS enrollment/owner context when matched, CMS Care Compare point-in-time context when matched, HCRIS financial/utilization context when matched, and explicit limitations for missing fields. Unsupported ownership, compensation, labor, quality-trend, or causation claims are not inferred.",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-07-02",
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    "reviewer": "Five-state state-template completion batch",
    "evidence_grade": "completed state-template official-source baseline",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "source_count": 9,
    "ownership_source_count": 16,
    "identity_match_method": "CMS enrollment match used where available",
    "publication_decision": "Publish state-template completion fields while preserving explicit unavailable/searched-not-found limitations.",
    "batch_id": "state-template-complete-2026-07-02-001"
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    "operator": "ECU Health",
    "directPeOwnership": "Not documented as direct PE ownership in this state-template pass",
    "peRelationship": "No documented PE link in current baseline sources",
    "institutionalShareholderContext": "No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is ECU Health governance and Brody School of Medicine affiliation.",
    "populationServedEstimate": 0,
    "populationServedLabel": "Needs system/facility catchment estimate",
    "careLevel": "Acute Care Hospitals",
    "currentCeo": "Michael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA",
    "previousRelevantCeo": "Not identified in this automated NC pass",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "bottomLine": "VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL is connected to ECU Health. No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is ECU Health governance and Brody School of Medicine affiliation. Institutional shareholder names are context only and do not override facility-level ownership evidence."
  },
  "communityImpact": {
    "populationServedEstimate": 0,
    "populationServedLabel": "Needs system/facility catchment estimate",
    "estimateMethod": "Not estimated in automated NC pass",
    "catchmentDescription": "KENANSVILLE, DUPLIN, North Carolina. Service role should be refined in manual follow-up.",
    "traumaCareLevel": "Acute Care Hospitals",
    "publicFacingCaveat": "Community role is sourced from facility type and location until a deeper local-service review is completed."
  },
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    "immediateJeopardy2026SourceStatus": "Not specifically identified in this automated NC pass",
    "noCausationClaim": true,
    "note": "CMS Care Compare point-in-time identity/rating context captured for the state template. This is not a quality trend or ownership-causation claim.",
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    "cmsOverallRating": "3",
    "emergencyServices": "Yes",
    "hospitalType": "Acute Care Hospitals",
    "careCompareOwnership": "Government - Local"
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    {
      "name": "Michael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA",
      "role": "ECU Health Chief Executive Officer",
      "context": "Official ECU Health leadership page identifies Waldrum as CEO.",
      "imageUrl": "placeholder://official-image-unavailable",
      "imageAlt": "Michael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA official image",
      "imageStatus": "official page has an image, but direct image URL was not captured from the public HTML",
      "sourceId": "source-ecu-health-leadership"
    }
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    "npi": "1508832833",
    "historicalCcns": [],
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      {
        "alias": "DUPLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED",
        "alias_type": "cms_legal_name",
        "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-enrollments"
      },
      {
        "alias": "ECU HEALTH DUPLIN HOSPITAL",
        "alias_type": "cms_dba",
        "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-enrollments"
      },
      {
        "alias": "VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL",
        "alias_type": "cms_care_compare_name",
        "source_id": "source-cms-care-compare"
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      "to_entity_id": "vidant-duplin-hospital",
      "relationship_type": "controls",
      "effective_date": "",
      "end_date": "",
      "announcement_date": "",
      "status": "current",
      "confidence": "high",
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      "plain_english_summary": "DUPLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED is the best available legal-owner or enrolled-operator layer for VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL.",
      "review_notes": "This legal-owner layer is separate from ultimate parent, public-company shareholders, and PE sponsor context."
    },
    {
      "relationship_id": "rel-operator-340120",
      "from_entity_id": "ecu-health",
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      "relationship_type": "operates",
      "effective_date": "",
      "end_date": "",
      "announcement_date": "",
      "status": "current",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source_ids": "source-nc-baseline-queue|source-ecu-health-leadership",
      "plain_english_summary": "ECU Health is shown as the operator or parent-system layer for this facility.",
      "review_notes": ""
    },
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      "relationship_id": "rel-cms-owner-340120",
      "from_entity_id": "ecuhealth",
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      "confidence": "medium",
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      "plain_english_summary": "CMS Hospital All Owners rows are attached as current owner/control context. They do not by themselves prove private-equity sponsorship unless the row says so or another cited source supports it.",
      "review_notes": ""
    },
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      "relationship_id": "rel-state-template-operator-340120",
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      "to_entity_id": "340120",
      "relationship_type": "operates",
      "effective_date": "",
      "status": "current_context",
      "confidence": "medium",
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      "plain_english_summary": "State-template baseline operator/owner context assembled from current hospital fields and matched official sources where available. This is not a new PE ownership claim.",
      "review_notes": "Used to keep the public dossier graph explicit while preserving limitations for unmatched source families."
    },
    {
      "relationship_id": "rel-cms-owner-340120",
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      "to_entity_id": "340120",
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      "effective_date": "03/01/2024",
      "status": "current_context",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source_ids": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners",
      "plain_english_summary": "CMS Hospital All Owners rows are attached as current owner/control context. They do not by themselves prove private-equity sponsorship unless the row says so or another cited source supports it.",
      "review_notes": ""
    },
    {
      "relationship_id": "rel-state-template-operator-340120",
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      "to_entity_id": "340120",
      "relationship_type": "operates",
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      "plain_english_summary": "State-template baseline operator/owner context assembled from current hospital fields and matched official sources where available. This is not a new PE ownership claim.",
      "review_notes": "Used to keep the public dossier graph explicit while preserving limitations for unmatched source families."
    },
    {
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      "effective_date": "03/01/2024",
      "status": "current_context",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source_ids": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners",
      "plain_english_summary": "CMS Hospital All Owners rows are attached as current owner/control context. They do not by themselves prove private-equity sponsorship unless the row says so or another cited source supports it.",
      "review_notes": ""
    }
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      "period_end": "09/30/2022",
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      "comparable_to_prior": "review_required"
    },
    {
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      "comparable_to_prior": "review_required"
    },
    {
      "metric_id": "340120-beds-09-30-2020",
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    },
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      "entity_id": "340120",
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      "better_when": "context_dependent",
      "source_id": "source-cms-hcris",
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      "comparable_to_prior": "review_required"
    },
    {
      "metric_id": "340120-patient_days-09-30-2022",
      "entity_id": "340120",
      "metric_name": "patient_days",
      "period_start": "10/01/2021",
      "period_end": "09/30/2022",
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      "better_when": "context_dependent",
      "source_id": "source-cms-hcris",
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      "comparable_to_prior": "review_required"
    },
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      "metric_id": "340120-patient_days-09-30-2021",
      "entity_id": "340120",
      "metric_name": "patient_days",
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      "better_when": "context_dependent",
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    },
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      "metric_id": "340120-patient_days-09-30-2020",
      "entity_id": "340120",
      "metric_name": "patient_days",
      "period_start": "10/01/2019",
      "period_end": "09/30/2020",
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      "unit": "days",
      "better_when": "context_dependent",
      "source_id": "source-cms-hcris",
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    },
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      "source_id": "source-cms-hcris",
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      "comparable_to_prior": "review_required"
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      "metric_id": "340120-discharges-09-30-2021",
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      "comparable_to_prior": "review_required"
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      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
    },
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      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
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    },
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      "medical_staffing_company": false
    },
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      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
    },
    {
      "organization": "DONALD SMITH",
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      "private_equity_company": false,
      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
    },
    {
      "organization": "EAST CAROLINA HEALTH",
      "role": "OTHER",
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      "investment_firm": false,
      "private_equity_company": false,
      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
    },
    {
      "organization": "ANTOINE KHOURY",
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      "investment_firm": false,
      "private_equity_company": false,
      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
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    "confidence": "medium",
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      {
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      {
        "id": "ecu-health",
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        "from": "duplin-general-hospital-incorporated",
        "to": "vidant-duplin-hospital",
        "relationship": "controls",
        "confidence": "high",
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          "source-cms-hospital-enrollments",
          "source-cms-hospital-all-owners",
          "source-nc-baseline-queue"
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      },
      {
        "id": "rel-operator-340120",
        "from": "ecu-health",
        "to": "vidant-duplin-hospital",
        "relationship": "operates",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "sourceIds": [
          "source-nc-baseline-queue",
          "source-ecu-health-leadership"
        ],
        "note": "ECU Health is shown as the operator or parent-system layer for this facility."
      }
    ],
    "caveats": [
      "Institutional shareholders such as Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street are context nodes only; they are not hospital operators unless direct control evidence is found.",
      "CMS owner rows identify enrolled owner/control roles but may not name every ultimate financial sponsor.",
      "Sibling/system affiliation does not cause a facility to inherit another hospital’s red status."
    ]
  },
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    {
      "entityName": "DUPLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED",
      "entityKind": "Facility legal owner / enrollment layer",
      "relationship": "legal owner or enrolled operator",
      "classification": "Legal-owner layer",
      "evidenceSourceIds": [
        "source-cms-hospital-enrollments",
        "source-cms-hospital-all-owners",
        "source-nc-baseline-queue"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "entityName": "ECU Health",
      "entityKind": "Academic/rural nonprofit health system",
      "relationship": "health system operator",
      "classification": "Operator layer",
      "evidenceSourceIds": [
        "source-nc-baseline-queue",
        "source-ecu-health-leadership"
      ],
      "note": "This connection identifies the operating or system layer used for the public map and dossier."
    },
    {
      "entityName": "Institutional shareholders / governance context",
      "entityKind": "Shareholder or governance context",
      "relationship": "context only, not hospital operation",
      "classification": "Shareholder context",
      "evidenceSourceIds": [
        "source-ecu-health-leadership"
      ],
      "note": "No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is ECU Health governance and Brody School of Medicine affiliation."
    }
  ],
  "importantLinks": [
    {
      "label": "Hospitals RAPT",
      "url": "https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/geoplatform::hospitals/about",
      "sourceId": "source-hifld-hospitals",
      "note": "Facility location and identity source; does not establish ownership or control."
    },
    {
      "label": "North Carolina hospital license data",
      "url": "https://info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/mfp/data/hospital.html",
      "sourceId": "source-nc-dhsr-hospital-license-data",
      "note": "State-level hospital licensing context for North Carolina facilities."
    },
    {
      "label": "Hospital Enrollments",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-enrollments",
      "sourceId": "source-cms-hospital-enrollments",
      "note": "Used for legal name, DBA, CCN, NPI, enrollment identity, and location matching."
    },
    {
      "label": "Hospital All Owners",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-all-owners",
      "sourceId": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners",
      "note": "Used for current CMS owner, officer, managerial, holding-company, investment-firm, and security-interest rows."
    },
    {
      "label": "Hospital General Information",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u",
      "sourceId": "source-cms-care-compare",
      "note": "Facility type, ownership category, emergency services, and overall rating context."
    },
    {
      "label": "Hospital Provider Cost Reports",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-compliance/cost-reports/hospital-provider-cost-report",
      "sourceId": "source-cms-hcris",
      "note": "Financial, staffing, and utilization values; descriptive only and not causal evidence."
    },
    {
      "label": "ECU Health leadership",
      "url": "https://www.ecuhealth.org/about-us/system-of-care/leadership/",
      "sourceId": "source-ecu-health-leadership",
      "note": "Official ECU Health leadership page identifying Michael Waldrum as CEO."
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    {
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      "relationship": "shared North Carolina system / branch family",
      "evidenceSourceIds": [
        "source-nc-baseline-queue"
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          "role": "connected NC facility",
          "city": "NAGS HEAD",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "341324",
          "note": "Connected by shared parent/operator/system field; status remains facility-specific."
        },
        {
          "name": "VIDANT BEAUFORT HOSPITAL",
          "role": "connected NC facility",
          "city": "WASHINGTON",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "0003127889",
          "note": "Connected by shared parent/operator/system field; status remains facility-specific."
        },
        {
          "name": "VIDANT BERTIE HOSPITAL",
          "role": "connected NC facility",
          "city": "WINDSOR",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "0003227983",
          "note": "Connected by shared parent/operator/system field; status remains facility-specific."
        },
        {
          "name": "VIDANT CHOWAN HOSPITAL",
          "role": "connected NC facility",
          "city": "EDENTON",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "341318",
          "note": "Connected by shared parent/operator/system field; status remains facility-specific."
        },
        {
          "name": "VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL",
          "role": "current record",
          "city": "KENANSVILLE",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "340120",
          "note": "This facility is the center of the dossier."
        },
        {
          "name": "VIDANT EDGECOMBE HOSPITAL",
          "role": "connected NC facility",
          "city": "TARBORO",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "340107",
          "note": "Connected by shared parent/operator/system field; status remains facility-specific."
        },
        {
          "name": "VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER",
          "role": "connected NC facility",
          "city": "GREENVILLE",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "0002027835",
          "note": "Connected by shared parent/operator/system field; status remains facility-specific."
        },
        {
          "name": "VIDANT NORTH HOSPITAL",
          "role": "connected NC facility",
          "city": "ROANOKE RAPIDS",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "0007427870",
          "note": "Connected by shared parent/operator/system field; status remains facility-specific."
        },
        {
          "name": "VIDANT ROANOKE - CHOWAN HOSPITAL",
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          "city": "AHOSKIE",
          "state": "NC",
          "recordId": "340099",
          "note": "Connected by shared parent/operator/system field; status remains facility-specific."
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    "Operator layer: ECU Health.",
    "Ultimate parent/controller context: ECU Health.",
    "Shareholder/governance context: No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is ECU Health governance and Brody School of Medicine affiliation.",
    "Operator/owner context: ECU Health.",
    "CMS Care Compare ownership category: Government - Local."
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  "contradictions": [],
  "limitations": [
    "This automated NC pass searched mandatory official/source systems and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted.",
    "This five-state template completion pass used official cached CMS/HIFLD/PESP/HCRIS sources and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted."
  ],
  "unavailableFields": [
    "official CEO image URL",
    "source-backed local CEO/current leader",
    "facility-level CEO compensation amount"
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      "publisher": "Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data",
      "publication_date": "current public layer",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-07-02",
      "url": "https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/geoplatform::hospitals/about",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Facility location and identity source; does not establish ownership or control.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-nc-baseline-queue",
      "title": "North Carolina baseline classification queue",
      "publisher": "PE Healthcare Watch",
      "publication_date": "2026-06-24",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-26",
      "url": "/data/releases/release-2026-06-24-nc-baseline.json",
      "reliability_tier": "research",
      "research_note": "Internal queue used to ensure every current NC map record receives a dossier package.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-nc-dhsr-hospital-license-data",
      "title": "North Carolina hospital license data",
      "publisher": "North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation",
      "publication_date": "current public listing",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-26",
      "url": "https://info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/mfp/data/hospital.html",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "State-level hospital licensing context for North Carolina facilities.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-enrollments",
      "title": "Hospital Enrollments",
      "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "publication_date": "current cached official file",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-07-02",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-enrollments",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Used for legal name, DBA, CCN, NPI, enrollment identity, and location matching.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-cms-hospital-all-owners",
      "title": "Hospital All Owners",
      "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "publication_date": "current cached official file",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-07-02",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-all-owners",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Used for current CMS owner, officer, managerial, holding-company, investment-firm, and security-interest rows.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-cms-care-compare",
      "title": "Hospital General Information",
      "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "publication_date": "current cached official file",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-07-02",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Facility type, ownership category, emergency services, and overall rating context.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-cms-hcris",
      "title": "Hospital Provider Cost Reports",
      "publisher": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "publication_date": "2015-2024 cached official files",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-07-02",
      "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-compliance/cost-reports/hospital-provider-cost-report",
      "reliability_tier": "government",
      "research_note": "Financial, staffing, and utilization values; descriptive only and not causal evidence.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "source-ecu-health-leadership",
      "title": "ECU Health leadership",
      "publisher": "ECU Health",
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