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Hospital Change of Ownership

Published by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Metadata Last Checked: January 21, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-01-20
The Hospital Change of Ownership (CHOW) dataset provides information on the hospital ownership changes that occurred on or after January 1, 2016. This data includes information on the buyer and seller organization’s legal business name, provider type, change of ownership type (CHOW, Acquisition/Merger, or Consolidation) and the effective date of the change.

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Complete Metadata
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accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity R/P3M
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                                            [
  "009:38"
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contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "Provider Enrollment Data Requests - CPI",
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                                            true
describedBy https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2026-01/Hospital_CHOW_Data_Dictionary.pdf
describedByType application/pdf
description The Hospital Change of Ownership (CHOW) dataset provides information on the hospital ownership changes that occurred on or after January 1, 2016. This data includes information on the buyer and seller organization’s legal business name, provider type, change of ownership type (CHOW, Acquisition/Merger, or Consolidation) and the effective date of the change.
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identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/c04031db-54ce-461c-85d1-d2613d71f167/data-viewer
issued 2025-12-09
keyword 
                                            [
  "hospitals & facilities",
  "medicare",
  "medicare advantage",
  "original medicare",
  "provider enrollment"
]
landingPage https://data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/hospitals-and-other-facilities/hospital-change-of-ownership
language 
                                            [
  "en-US"
]
license https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified 2026-01-20
programCode 
                                            [
  "009:000"
]
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
references 
                                            [
  "https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/Hospital_CHOW_Data_Guidance.pdf"
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temporal 2022-01-01/2025-12-31
theme 
                                            [
  "Medicare"
]
title Hospital Change of Ownership

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