{ "schemaVersion": 4, "entityId": "pe-closure-050502", "canonicalName": "ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER", "status": "closed", "statusLabel": "Full closure", "summary": "St. Vincent Medical Center is recorded as closed or without inpatient hospital services. Historical operator/parent: Verity Health System. The source record describes community impact and financial context, but acquisition before closure does not by itself prove causation.", "lastReviewed": "2026-07-17", "identifiers": { "ccn": "050502", "address": "2131 W 3RD ST", "city": "LOS ANGELES", "state": "CA", "zip": "90057", "county": "", "latitude": 34.06313, "longitude": -118.27321 }, "firstGlance": { "taxOwnershipType": "Nonprofit", "operator": "No active hospital operator", "directPeOwnership": "No current PE ownership claim; historical accountability context only.", "peRelationship": "Historical PE management or contract exposure; not ownership", "institutionalShareholderContext": "Not applicable to current closed-facility marker", "populationServedEstimate": null, "populationServedLabel": "Closed-campus marker; access impact requires separate local analysis.", "careLevel": "Tertiary (specialty referral)", "currentCeo": "No current hospital CEO confirmed", "previousRelevantCeo": "Historical operator leadership not resolved in this pass", "operatorType": "Closed / no active hospital operator", "operatorName": "No active hospital operator", "parentSystem": "Verity Health System", "affiliatedSystem": "", "religiousAffiliation": "Unknown pending review", "confidence": "High", "evidenceAsOf": "2026-07-17", "bottomLine": "ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER should display as a red closed / historical marker, not as an active hospital." }, "review": { "reviewer": "Codex closed-hospital overlay update", "evidence_grade": "source-backed closure overlay", "confidence": "high", "source_count": 4, "ownership_source_count": 2, "identity_match_method": "Existing map record plus closure-source update", "publication_decision": "Publish as closed/historical with source-backed closure metadata and explicit current-operator limitations." }, "sources": [ { "source_id": "source-closure-pe-closure-050502", "title": "Expanded hospital closure research import", "publisher": "Expanded hospital closure research import", "publication_date": "2020-01-27", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent_Medical_Center_(Los_Angeles)", "source_type": "closure_update", "reliability_tier": "primary_or_local_source", "research_note": "St. Vincent Medical Center is recorded as closed or without inpatient hospital services. Historical operator/parent: Verity Health System. The source record describes community impact and financial context, but acquisition before closure does not by itself prove causation.", "what_this_source_proves": "Closed / shut-down status and closure-year context for the map marker.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not prove current hospital services have reopened or establish current PE ownership." }, { "source_id": "expanded-closure-pe-closure-050502-1", "title": "Expanded closure research source", "publisher": "file.lacounty.gov", "publication_date": "", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10", "url": "http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/144222.pdf", "source_type": "expanded_closure_research", "reliability_tier": "user_supplied_source_for_review", "research_note": "Deferred capital needs across Verity system; failed sales; abrupt ER closure Jan 9 2020, full closure Jan 27", "what_this_source_proves": "Additional closure, ownership, degradation, community-impact, or building-fate context from the imported research row.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not automatically prove causation or convert contract/management exposure into hospital ownership." }, { "source_id": "source-hospital-universe-pe-closure-050502", "title": "Hospital universe / existing map location record", "publisher": "PE Healthcare Watch hospital universe", "publication_date": "2026-07-10", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10", "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 previous 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." }, { "source_id": "expanded-ownership-row-28", "title": "Expanded hospital closure ownership research import", "publisher": "Expanded hospital closure ownership research import", "publication_date": "2015", "retrieved_at": "2026-07-10", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verity_Health_System", "source_type": "historical_pe_acquisition", "reliability_tier": "research_or_transaction_source", "research_note": "Hedge fund/PE firm BlueMountain took over management of Daughters of Charity hospitals (2015) with option to convert to for-profit; Verity filed Chapter 11 in 2018; sale to KPC collapsed; court approved closure Jan 2020", "what_this_source_proves": "Former PE sponsor/platform and acquisition period for this hospital.", "what_this_source_does_not_prove": "It does not by itself prove that private-equity ownership caused the later closure." } ], "ownershipHistory": [ { "relationship_id": "rel-closed-pe-closure-050502-1", "from_entity_id": "organization:verity-health-system", "to_entity_id": "facility:pe-closure-050502", "relationship_type": "formerly operated closed facility", "effective_date": "2020-01-27", "end_date": "", "announcement_date": "2020-01-27", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-closure-pe-closure-050502|expanded-ownership-row-28", "plain_english_summary": "Historical operator context only; this closed-campus marker is not a current hospital-operator claim.", "review_notes": "Closed-campus dossier created from source-backed closure overlay fields." }, { "relationship_id": "rel-closed-pe-closure-050502-2", "from_entity_id": "organization:bluemountain-capital-management-managed-optioned-verity-2015-2017-nantworks-majority-from-2017", "to_entity_id": "facility:pe-closure-050502", "relationship_type": "management or contract exposure; not hospital ownership", "effective_date": "2020-01-27", "end_date": "", "announcement_date": "2020-01-27", "status": "historical_context", "confidence": "high", "source_ids": "source-closure-pe-closure-050502|expanded-ownership-row-28", "plain_english_summary": "Historical management or contract exposure is shown separately and is not classified as hospital ownership.", "review_notes": "Closed-campus dossier created from source-backed closure overlay fields." } ], "ownershipChain": { "model": "Closed-campus, former-operator, historical PE, and facility nodes are shown as separate evidence layers.", "confidence": "high", "nodes": [ { "id": "facility:pe-closure-050502", "label": "ST. 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Historical operator/parent: Verity Health System. The source record describes community impact and financial context, but acquisition before closure does not by itself prove causation.", "sourceIds": [ "source-closure-pe-closure-050502", "expanded-ownership-row-28" ] } ], "leadership": [], "communityImpact": [ { "topic": "Closure", "summary": "St. Vincent Medical Center is recorded as closed or without inpatient hospital services. Historical operator/parent: Verity Health System. The source record describes community impact and financial context, but acquisition before closure does not by itself prove causation.", "sourceIds": [ "source-closure-pe-closure-050502", "expanded-ownership-row-28" ] }, { "topic": "Community impact", "summary": "164-year-old hospital gone; briefly reopened as LA Surge Hospital during COVID; ED closure impact reviewed by LA County EMS", "sourceIds": [ "source-closure-pe-closure-050502", "expanded-ownership-row-28" ] }, { "topic": "Building / campus fate", "summary": "Campus sold; used temporarily as COVID surge facility, then redevelopment", "sourceIds": [ "source-closure-pe-closure-050502", "expanded-ownership-row-28" ] } ], "qualityAndLaborContext": [], "cmsOwnerRecords": [], "financialAndUtilizationSeries": [], "descriptiveTrends": [], "contradictions": [], "limitations": [ "This is a closure overlay dossier. Current property ownership and any future reuse require fresh source review before changing the marker." ], "importantLinks": [ { "label": "Expanded hospital closure research import", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent_Medical_Center_(Los_Angeles)" } ], "directConnections": [], "systemConnections": [], "ownershipConnections": [], "unavailableFields": [ "Current hospital operator", "Current hospital CEO", "Current inpatient or emergency service status beyond closure source" ], "actions": [ "Open closure source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent_Medical_Center_(Los_Angeles)" ] }