Reviewed 2026-07-02

THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC.

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What we can say clearly

THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC is marked as a corporate-chain case. That is separate from direct private-equity ownership, but it still belongs in the red corporate-control color family.

Finding: Corporate-chain ownership/accountability warning
Last reviewed: 2026-07-02
Evidence: 9 cited sources

Documented warningPart of a corporate hospital chain

THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC 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.

Corporate-chain ownership/accountability warning
Last verified Jun 2026

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Control Map

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controls

THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INCTHE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC

operates

Ecu HealthTHE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC

Evidence limits

Red color requiredCMS enrollment match used where available16 ownership sources checked9 total sources below

Direct PE ownershipNot documented as direct PE ownership in this state-template pass

PE relationshipNo documented PE link in current baseline sources

OperatorECU Health

Population servedNeeds system/facility catchment estimate

THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC is connected to ECU Health. No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is ECU Health governance and Brody School of Medicine affiliation. Institutional shareholder names are context only and do not override facility-level ownership evidence.

Review Note

Why this page is published

completed state-template official-source baseline

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

Ownership & Control

Detailed records, kept below the answer

Facility legal owner, operator, parent company, ultimate controller, PE sponsor, and institutional shareholder context are separate evidence layers.

See the full ownership chain

controlsTHE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC → THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC

THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC is the best available legal-owner or enrolled-operator layer for THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC.

operatesEcu Health → THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC

ECU Health is shown as the operator or parent-system layer for this facility.

Institutional shareholders such as Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street are context nodes only; they are not hospital operators unless direct control evidence is found.
CMS owner rows identify enrolled owner/control roles but may not name every ultimate financial sponsor.
Sibling/system affiliation does not cause a facility to inherit another hospital’s red status.

Connections

Who owns, backs, staffs, or connects to this facility

Legal-owner layerTHE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INCFacility legal owner / enrollment layer · legal owner or enrolled operator

THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC is shown separately from the parent system and ultimate financial/control context.

Operator layerECU HealthAcademic/rural nonprofit health system · health system operator

This connection identifies the operating or system layer used for the public map and dossier.

Shareholder contextInstitutional shareholders / governance contextShareholder or governance context · context only, not hospital operation

No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is ECU Health governance and Brody School of Medicine affiliation.

Leadership

Current accountability and official image status

ECU Health Chief Executive OfficerMichael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA

Official ECU Health leadership page identifies Waldrum as CEO.

official page has an image, but direct image URL was not captured from the public HTML

Leadership source

System Thread

Connected facilities and system family

THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INCECU Health · NAGS HEAD, NC · current record
VIDANT BEAUFORT HOSPITALECU Health · WASHINGTON, NC · connected NC facility
VIDANT BERTIE HOSPITALECU Health · WINDSOR, NC · connected NC facility
VIDANT CHOWAN HOSPITALECU Health · EDENTON, NC · connected NC facility
VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITALECU Health · KENANSVILLE, NC · connected NC facility
VIDANT EDGECOMBE HOSPITALECU Health · TARBORO, NC · connected NC facility
VIDANT MEDICAL CENTERECU Health · GREENVILLE, NC · connected NC facility
VIDANT NORTH HOSPITALECU Health · ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC · connected NC facility
VIDANT ROANOKE - CHOWAN HOSPITALECU Health · AHOSKIE, NC · connected NC facility

Timeline

Ownership history and events

Current / undated
controls
THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC is the best available legal-owner or enrolled-operator layer for THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INC.
Current / undated
operates
ECU Health is shown as the operator or parent-system layer for this facility.
04/12/2016
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.
Current / undated
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

Metric	Period	Value	Method note
net patient revenue	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$96,663,837	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$93,697,983	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$95,318,259	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$79,237,334	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$73,031,628	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$69,131,871	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$64,234,569	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$57,510,605	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$27,504,630	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$29,350,280	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$26,591,135	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$20,594,602	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$219,140,297	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$194,089,765	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$170,339,824	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$99,697,274	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$12,550,943	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$10,005,043	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$10,605,377	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$12,473,058	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	324.45 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	318.66 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	311.04 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	270.63 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	21 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	21 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	21 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	21 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	3,335 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	2,961 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	3,233 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	2,986 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	1,155 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	1,060 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	1,076 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	1,059 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

This automated NC pass searched mandatory official/source systems and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted.

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

official CEO image URL

Unavailable

source-backed local CEO/current leader

Unavailable

facility-level CEO compensation amount

Direct connection

Legal/enrollment layer: THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC.

Direct connection

Operator layer: ECU Health.

Direct connection

Ultimate parent/controller context: ECU Health.

Direct connection

Shareholder/governance context: No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is ECU Health governance and Brody School of Medicine affiliation.

Direct connection

Operator/owner context: ECU 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 Data governmentNorth Carolina hospital license dataNorth Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation governmentHospital EnrollmentsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services governmentHospital All OwnersCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services governmentHospital General InformationCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services governmentHospital Provider Cost ReportsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services primaryECU Health leadershipECU Health