Reviewed 2026-06-22

KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH.

Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

KERN MEDICAL CENTER 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

KERN MEDICAL CENTER 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

Financial assistance help

Not confirmed

We have not confirmed a Dollar For listing for this facility. This does not mean financial assistance is unavailable.

Control Map

This leads to this

reported ownership or operating chain

KERN COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITYKERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

governs

PAUL PENNINGTONKERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

governs

JONATHAN BLAKEKERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

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 chainKERN COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

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

governsPAUL PENNINGTON → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · 20% reported ownership · associated 01/01/2018

governsJONATHAN BLAKE → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

CORPORATE OFFICER · 20% reported ownership · associated 01/01/2013

governsJONATHAN BLAKE → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · 20% reported ownership · associated 01/01/2013

is associated withBRENDA SCHNEIDER → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% reported ownership · associated 08/28/2006

owns an interest inPUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 2, KLICKITAT COUNTY, WASHINGTON → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% reported ownership · associated 01/01/1966

controls or managesPUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 2, KLICKITAT COUNTY, WASHINGTON → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% reported ownership · associated 01/01/1966

governsJULIET POUILLON → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

CORPORATE OFFICER · 20% reported ownership · associated 01/01/2016

governsJULIET POUILLON → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · 20% reported ownership · associated 01/01/2016

governsLESLIE DEWEY → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

CORPORATE OFFICER · 20% reported ownership · associated 01/01/2006

governsLESLIE DEWEY → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · 20% reported ownership · associated 01/01/2006

is associated withROBERT KIMMES → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% reported ownership · associated 01/14/2013

controls or managesROBERT KIMMES → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% reported ownership · associated 01/14/2013

owns an interest inRICKY KNOWLES → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 20% reported ownership · associated 05/03/2019

governsRICKY KNOWLES → KERN MEDICAL CENTER D/P APH

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · 20% reported ownership · associated 05/03/2019

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	$288,168,187	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	$273,220,114	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	$273,749,676	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	$550,129,094	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	$508,086,210	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	$478,789,042	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	$1,286,345	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	$2,754,467	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	$141,491,461	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	$564,383,150	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	$564,514,820	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	$555,910,245	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	$496,432,897	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	$496,706,526	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	$490,856,418	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	$27,635,619	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	$31,477,683	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	$51,906,036	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	2,114.03 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	1,973.64 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	1,932.98 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	222 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	222 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	222 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	59,004 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	57,677 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	60,874 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	11,923 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	11,517 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	11,369 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.

Limitation

This campus/location dossier reuses the source packet for the same legacy hospital ID. Parent and sibling links still follow this location record’s separately qualified ownership fields; PE status was copied only after exact PE-field agreement.

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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