Reviewed 2026-06-22

ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL.

Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL appears in the source tracker as a venture-backed investment signal. This dossier does not classify that signal as completed private-equity ownership.

Finding: Documented investment signal
Last reviewed: 2026-06-22
Evidence: 6 cited sources

Documented warningPossible ownership change under review

ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL appears in the source tracker as a venture-backed investment signal. This dossier does not classify that signal as completed private-equity ownership.

Documented investment signal
Last verified Jun 2026

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Key sources

CMS owners

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Closure risk

Immediate Risk of Closure

Control Map

This leads to this

reported ownership or operating chain

HH-HEALTH SYSTEM - ATHENS LIMESTONE LLCATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

is associated with

JAMES COMERATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

governs

CLINTON CARTERATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

Evidence limits

Red color requiredCCN exact match2 ownership sources checked6 total sources below

Review Note

Why this page is published

government-corroborated

Meets the Phase 3 publication standard for its displayed status

Ownership & Control

Detailed records, kept below the answer

Sponsor, operator, CMS legal-owner/control records, and facility are shown as separate evidence layers.

See the full ownership chain

reported ownership or operating chainHH-HEALTH SYSTEM - ATHENS LIMESTONE LLC → ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

The platform attribution comes from the research tracker and is displayed separately from CMS legal-owner rows.

is associated withJAMES COMER → ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · associated 01/01/2016

governsCLINTON CARTER → ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · associated 10/01/2021

is associated withCLINTON CARTER → ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · associated 10/01/2021

governsJEFFREY SAMZ → ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · associated 10/01/2021

is associated withJEFFREY SAMZ → ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · associated 10/01/2021

governsTRACI COLLINS → ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · associated 10/01/2021

is associated withTRACI COLLINS → ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · associated 10/01/2021

CMS owner rows establish enrolled legal ownership or control roles; they do not always name the ultimate financial sponsor.

Timeline

Ownership history and events

Current / undated
venture backing
undefined is reported as an investment backer; this is not treated as a completed ownership claim.

Metrics

Financial and utilization series

Metric	Period	Value	Method note
net patient revenue	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	$92,217,633	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	$88,872,532	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	$86,625,290	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	$113,571,044	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	$107,477,911	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	$99,299,468	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	-$8,725,170	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	-$2,192,836	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	$3,738,365	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	$67,917,525	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	$76,965,847	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	$83,502,868	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	$19,956,353	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	$20,279,507	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	$24,623,682	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	$74,720	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	$66,930	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	$60,856	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	630.88 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	602.3 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	600.55 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	66 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	66 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	66 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	14,221 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	14,220 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	14,794 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024	3,992 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023	3,825 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022	3,689 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.

Evidence Notes

Contradictions, limitations, and unavailable fields

Open evidence notes

Limitation

CMS corroborates an enrolled ownership chain, but its owner names do not independently reproduce every sponsor or portfolio-company name from the tracker.

Limitation

The investment signal does not establish completed private-equity ownership or a pending sale.

Unavailable

Precise acquisition date

Closure-risk evidence

Estimate method and source limits

CHQPR published May 2026 state totals and hospital financial tables, but not a named risk list. This is an estimated crosswalk and does not change the ownership/control status shown above.

Risk estimateImmediate Risk of Closure

Website identity linkExact CMS match

2-year patient-service margin-$4,250,583

2-year total margin-$2,956,005

Estimated reserve runway0.0 years

CHQPR May 2026 state totals for rural hospitals at risk and at immediate risk.Does not prove: CHQPR does not identify this hospital by name as being in either risk group.
The hospital financial values used for the within-state estimate.Does not prove: The exact unpublished CHQPR risk classification or future closure.
The CHQPR hospital name, city, state, and payment-type context.Does not prove: Identity linkage to the website where the name match remains unresolved.

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Sources

Evidence and source documents

governmentHospitals RAPTHomeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data researchPrivate Equity Hospital TrackerPrivate Equity Stakeholder Project governmentHospital EnrollmentsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services governmentHospital All OwnersCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services governmentHospital Provider Cost ReportsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services governmentHospital General InformationCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services