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Reviewed 2026-06-22

PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

PEARL RIVER COUNTY 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

PEARL RIVER COUNTY 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

Financial assistance help

Not confirmed

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

Closure risk

Immediate Risk of Closure

Control Map

This leads to this

reported ownership or operating chain
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITALPEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL
governs
ERIK STEELEPEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL
controls or manages
ERIK STEELEPEARL RIVER COUNTY 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 chainFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

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

governsERIK STEELE → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · associated 02/01/2020

controls or managesERIK STEELE → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · associated 02/01/2020

owns an interest inFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% reported ownership · associated 02/01/2020

controls or managesFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% reported ownership · associated 02/01/2020

governsSHEREE JENKINS → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% reported ownership · associated 02/01/2020

is associated withSHEREE JENKINS → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · associated 02/01/2020

controls or managesSHEREE JENKINS → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · associated 02/01/2020

governsLEWIS HATTEN → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · associated 01/23/2025

controls or managesLEWIS HATTEN → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · associated 01/23/2025

governsBEN HESTER → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · associated 02/01/2020

is associated withBEN HESTER → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% reported ownership · associated 02/01/2020

controls or managesBEN HESTER → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · associated 02/01/2020

is associated withCOURTNEY LOWRIMORE → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · associated 02/01/2020

governsPEGGY ANSWORTH → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% reported ownership · associated 04/01/2023

controls or managesPEGGY ANSWORTH → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 0% reported ownership · associated 04/01/2023

governsANDREW MERCIER → PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% reported ownership · associated 03/01/2024

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

Timeline

Ownership history and events

  1. venture backing

    undefined is reported as an investment backer; this is not treated as a completed ownership claim.

Metrics

Financial and utilization series

MetricPeriodValueMethod note
net patient revenue10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023$20,907,421Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022$18,406,805Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021$16,101,845Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023$21,635,823Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022$20,982,745Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021$19,846,804Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023-$619,943Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022-$1,870,016Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021$373,932Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023$11,938,573Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022$12,942,500Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021$5,036,830Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023$16,236,444Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022$16,162,097Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021$6,918,546Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees10/01/2022 to 09/30/202361 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees10/01/2021 to 09/30/202261.58 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees10/01/2020 to 09/30/202165.77 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds10/01/2022 to 09/30/202324 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds10/01/2021 to 09/30/202224 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds10/01/2020 to 09/30/202124 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days10/01/2022 to 09/30/20232,469 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days10/01/2021 to 09/30/20222,239 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days10/01/2020 to 09/30/20212,142 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges10/01/2022 to 09/30/202312 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges10/01/2021 to 09/30/202249 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges10/01/2020 to 09/30/202123 dischargesHospital 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

Unavailable

Official facility URL

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-$4,337,499
2-year total margin-$4,066,728
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.
Open the full closure-risk evidence reviewCHQPR state totals ↗CHQPR financial table ↗

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Sources

Evidence and source documents

governmentHospitals RAPTHomeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level DataresearchPrivate Equity Hospital TrackerPrivate Equity Stakeholder ProjectgovernmentHospital EnrollmentsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital All OwnersCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital Provider Cost ReportsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital General InformationCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services