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Reviewed 2026-07-12
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER
Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER.Ownership receipt
What we can say clearly
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER 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
- Prime Healthcare Foundation nonprofit system
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-12
- Evidence
- 10 cited sources
Documented warningPart of a corporate hospital chain
Knapp Medical Center is not independent and is not documented as PE-owned. It is a nonprofit hospital in the Prime Healthcare Foundation system. A Texas insurer facility-based disclosure for 2024 claims identifies Small Hospital Innovations for emergency medicine. Florida corporate records and a current business profile identify physician leadership; reviewed sources did not identify a PE sponsor. Knapp switched its emergency-department contract to EmCare in December 2011, when EmCare parent EMSC was owned by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Current 2024 claims-based disclosure instead identifies Small Hospital Innovations, so the EmCare/CD&R link is historical, not current.
Prime Healthcare Foundation nonprofit system
Last verified Jul 2026
Last verified Jul 2026
Key sources
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Evidence limits
Red color requiredMatched by CMS CCN 450128, facility name, city, and address.3 ownership sources checked10 total sources below
Knapp Medical Center should be shown as Prime Healthcare Foundation system-controlled, not independent and not PE-owned.
Review Note
Why this page is published
government-corroborated
Publish major nonprofit-system control separately from current and historical clinical staffing relationships.
Ownership & Control
Detailed records, kept below the answer
Nonprofit hospital ownership/control, Prime Healthcare system affiliation, and clinical-staffing contracts are separate layers.
See the full ownership chain
Major-system control, not private-equity ownership.
Clinical staffing relationship, not hospital ownership.
Historical 2011 exposure; not current.
- Prime Healthcare Foundation nonprofit control is not private-equity ownership.
- Prime Healthcare Services is a separate for-profit entity; CMS reports operational/managerial control at Knapp but only an OTHER association at Mission.
- The insurer disclosure identifies facility-based physician groups for 2024 claims and does not expose every hospital vendor or contract term.
- EmCare/CD&R is historical; current disclosure identifies Small Hospital Innovations.
Connections
Who owns, backs, staffs, or connects to this facility
Reason the hospital is no longer shown as independent.
This is a staffing relationship, not hospital ownership.
Timeline
Ownership history and events
- Prime Healthcare Foundation acquisition/control began
Knapp Medical Center entered the Prime Healthcare Foundation nonprofit hospital system.
- Historical PE-backed emergency staffing contract
Knapp switched its ER contract to EmCare after CD&R had acquired EmCare parent EMSC; this is historical and is not the current disclosed staffing group.
- controls
Prime Healthcare Foundation owns/controls Knapp Medical Center within its nonprofit hospital system.
- contracts
A Texas insurer facility-based disclosure for 2024 claims identifies Small Hospital Innovations for emergency medicine. Florida corporate records and a current business profile identify physician leadership; reviewed sources did not identify a PE sponsor.
- searched for current pe ownership or contract
Reviewed ownership and current staffing sources do not support a current PE-owned hospital label or current PE-backed staffing label.
- historical contract
Knapp contracted its emergency department to EmCare in 2011 while EmCare parent EMSC was owned by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Current disclosure names a different group.
Evidence Notes
Contradictions, limitations, and unavailable fields
Open evidence notes
Current clinical-staffing conclusions are limited to publicly identified facility-based groups; private contract documents were not available.
A searched-not-found PE result is not proof that no undisclosed investor or vendor relationship exists.
The end date of the historical EmCare contract was not located; current 2024 data identifies a different group.
Knapp Medical Center -> Prime Healthcare Foundation: nonprofit owner/system control confirmed.
Knapp Medical Center -> Prime Healthcare: integrated health-system affiliation confirmed.
Knapp Medical Center -> Small Hospital Innovations: current emergency-medicine facility-based group identified.
Knapp -> EmCare / Clayton, Dubilier & Rice: historical 2011 ER contract; not current.
Show as Prime Healthcare Foundation nonprofit system-controlled, not independent.
Do not label as PE-owned.
Show Small Hospital Innovations as the current disclosed emergency-medicine group, with no current PE link found.
Preserve the 2011 EmCare/CD&R contract as historical PE-backed staffing exposure only.
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Evidence and source documents
governmentCMS Hospital EnrollmentsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentCMS Hospital All OwnersCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesprimaryPrime Healthcare 2023 Community Benefit ReportPrime HealthcareprimaryKnapp Medical Center Community Health Needs AssessmentKnapp Medical CenterresearchPrivate Equity Hospital TrackerPrivate Equity Stakeholder Projectregulated-plan-disclosureTexas HMO facility-based physician-group disclosureSuperior HealthPlan / AmbettergovernmentSmall Hospital Innovations LLC entity recordFlorida Department of State, Division of Corporationsbusiness-primary-contextSmall Hospital Innovations business profileVentra Healthreputable-reportingKnapp gets new ER doctors; city mulls weighing in on hospital saleThe Monitor via EMS Worldgovernment-filingEMSC transaction filingU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission