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      "holding_company": false,
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      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
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      "private_equity_company": false,
      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
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      "organization": "INDIANAPOLIS HOSPITAL PARTNER, LLC",
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      "private_equity_company": false,
      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
    },
    {
      "organization": "FRISCO HOLDING II",
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      "association_date": "04/01/2023",
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      "private_equity_company": false,
      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
    },
    {
      "organization": "COLUMBIA-HCA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS",
      "role": "5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST",
      "association_date": "04/01/2023",
      "percentage_ownership": "22.62",
      "investment_firm": false,
      "private_equity_company": false,
      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
    },
    {
      "organization": "HTI HOSPITAL HOLDINGS INC",
      "role": "5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST",
      "association_date": "04/01/2023",
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      "private_equity_company": false,
      "holding_company": false,
      "management_services_company": false,
      "medical_staffing_company": false
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    "CMS corroborates an enrolled ownership chain, but its owner names do not independently reproduce every sponsor or portfolio-company name from the tracker.",
    "The investment signal does not establish completed private-equity ownership or a pending sale."
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    "Precise acquisition date"
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      "source_id": "source-hifld-hospitals",
      "title": "Hospitals RAPT",
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      "retrieved_at": "2026-06-22",
      "url": "https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/geoplatform::hospitals/about",
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      "source_type": "public_record"
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      "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/",
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      "research_note": "Discovery and ownership-chain baseline. A red public status also requires independent corroboration in this dossier.",
      "source_type": "public_record"
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      "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"
    },
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      "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"
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    {
      "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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        "id": "cms-owner:methodist-healthcare-ministries-of-south-texas-inc:1",
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      {
        "id": "cms-owner:methodist-healthcare-ministries-of-south-texas-inc:2",
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        "id": "cms-owner:methodist-healthcare-ministries-of-south-texas-inc:3",
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        "label": "WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INDIANAPOLIS, L.P.",
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        "id": "cms-owner:w-and-c-hospital-inc:12",
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