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Reviewed 2026-07-02

CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL.
Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL is marked red because reviewed ownership records connect the facility to private-equity ownership or control. The detailed chain and source links are below.

Finding
CMS-corroborated PE ownership record
Last reviewed
2026-07-02
Evidence
7 cited sources
Documented warningOwned or controlled by private equity

CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL has a completed North Carolina state-template dossier baseline with official identity, CMS enrollment/owner context when matched, CMS Care Compare point-in-time context when matched, HCRIS financial/utilization context when matched, and explicit limitations for missing fields. Unsupported ownership, compensation, labor, quality-trend, or causation claims are not inferred.

CMS-corroborated PE ownership record
Last verified Jun 2026
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Control Map

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sponsors
Apollo Global ManagementLifePoint Health
reported ownership or operating chain
LifePoint HealthCENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL
owns an interest in
LIFEPOINT HOLDINGS 2 LLCCENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

Evidence limits

Red color requiredCMS enrollment match used where available13 ownership sources checked7 total sources below
Direct PE ownershipDocumented PE ownership/control signal
PE relationshipPE-owned or PE-controlled in reviewed sources
OperatorLifePoint Health
Population served

CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL is shown with official-source baseline context for North Carolina. Missing fields remain visible instead of being inferred.

Review Note

Why this page is published

government-corroborated

Publish state-template completion fields while preserving explicit unavailable/searched-not-found limitations.

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
sponsorsApollo Global Management → LifePoint Health

The tracker supplies the sponsor-to-platform attribution; CMS does not independently reproduce every sponsor name.

reported ownership or operating chainLifePoint Health → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

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

owns an interest inLIFEPOINT HOLDINGS 2 LLC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 10/22/2015

owns an interest inDLP CENTRAL NC HOLDING COMPANY LLC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% reported ownership · associated 10/22/2015

controls or managesDAVID SANTOEMMA → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 0% reported ownership · associated 01/29/2024

owns an interest inDSB ACQUISITION LLC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 11/16/2018

owns an interest inLIFEPOINT HOSPITALS HOLDINGS LLC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 10/22/2015

governsELMER POLITE → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · 0% reported ownership · associated 06/01/2023

owns an interest inDLP HEALTHCARE LLC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% reported ownership · associated 10/22/2015

owns an interest inHISTORIC LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, LLC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 10/22/2015

owns an interest inLIFEPOINT HEALTH INC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 11/16/2018

governsMARCUS POPPELL → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · associated 11/16/2018

is associated withMARCUS POPPELL → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

OTHER · associated 01/01/2016

governsCHARLOTTE LAWRENCE → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · associated 03/24/2022

owns an interest inDLP PARTNER LLC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 10/22/2015

controls or managesDLP PARTNER LLC → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · associated 01/01/2016

governsJOHN GROOMS → CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · associated 11/01/2016

  • CMS owner rows establish enrolled legal ownership or control roles; they do not always name the ultimate financial sponsor.
  • Sponsor and portfolio-company labels come from the cited tracker or primary portfolio evidence.

Timeline

Ownership history and events

  1. Acquisition date reported

    Date supplied by the April 3, 2026 PE hospital tracker snapshot.

  2. owns

    The tracker identifies LifePoint Health in the PE ownership chain, and CMS supplies current enrolled-owner records for the facility.

  3. cms owner context

    CMS Hospital All Owners rows are attached as current owner/control context. They do not by themselves prove private-equity sponsorship unless the row says so or another cited source supports it.

  4. operates

    State-template baseline operator/owner context assembled from current hospital fields and matched official sources where available. This is not a new PE ownership claim.

Metrics

Financial and utilization series

MetricPeriodValueMethod note
net patient revenue01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$80,118,928Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$68,569,777Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$73,181,172Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$71,326,333Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$81,069,187Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$74,722,118Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$77,897,268Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$77,221,605Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$423,737Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022-$4,952,993Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$1,362,717Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$5,665,209Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$69,916,961Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$61,120,521Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$60,710,405Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$62,950,633Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$17,356,540Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$9,318,089Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$2,775,967Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$6,936,512Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$5,976,265Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$7,329,618Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$4,964,931Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$2,051,032Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023334 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022345.41 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021395.92 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020438.81 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023127 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022127 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021127 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020127 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days01/01/2023 to 12/31/202310,987 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days01/01/2022 to 12/31/202210,511 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days01/01/2021 to 12/31/202113,396 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days01/01/2020 to 12/31/202012,152 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges01/01/2023 to 12/31/20232,154 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges01/01/2022 to 12/31/20222,060 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges01/01/2021 to 12/31/20213,003 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges01/01/2020 to 12/31/20203,077 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

This five-state template completion pass used official cached CMS/HIFLD/PESP/HCRIS sources and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted.

Unavailable

source-backed local CEO/current leader

Unavailable

official CEO image URL

Unavailable

facility-level CEO compensation amount

Direct connection

Reported parent system or portfolio company: LifePoint Health.

Direct connection

Reported investment sponsor: Apollo Global Management.

Direct connection

Operator/owner context: LifePoint Health.

Direct connection

CMS Care Compare ownership category: Voluntary non-profit - Private.

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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