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Frequently Asked Questions
Short factual answers about how Who Owns Care resolves ownership, what the data covers and how to read it.
How Do I Find Out Who Owns a Nursing Home?
Search the facility name or CMS certification number on Who Owns Care. The facility page names the resolved operator, the operating family it belongs to, the CMS affiliation entity where one is recorded, and any legal parent filed with the SEC or IRS. Each is a different relationship and is labelled as such.
What Is the Difference Between the Owner and the Operator?
The operator holds the Medicare enrollment and runs the facility. The building may be owned by a landlord or REIT, the loan may be held by a bank, and the license may be held by another entity. Who Owns Care records those as separate relationships and never treats a lender or property owner as the operator.
What Is an Operating Family?
A group of separately filed CMS entities that WhoOwnsCare resolves as operating together, based on multiple structural signals in the CMS ownership and enrollment files. It is analysis, not a CMS designation, and it is never defined by a shared name alone.
Why Does the CMS Affiliation Entity Differ from the Operating Family?
CMS publishes an affiliation entity for nursing homes only. It is strong evidence and is shown on every page where it exists, but it is recorded as its own relationship because it can span several operating families or split one.
Does Who Owns Care Show a company's Revenue?
No. Cost-report figures are shown per facility and per exact reporting period, and any family figure is stated as a share of eligible facilities. Partial-portfolio totals are never presented as a corporate financial statement.
How Current Is the Data?
CMS ownership and enrollment files are refreshed monthly, HCRIS quarterly. The vintages used are printed on each page; current vintages are CMS enrollment 2026-07-31 and 2026-07-17, CMS CHOW 2026-07-17 and HCRIS 2026-07-14.
What Does the Distress Band Mean?
A summary of six documented signals: financial result, occupancy, staffing, health deficiencies, civil money penalties and reporting instability. Facilities with too little data are marked insufficient rather than scored.
Which States Are Covered?
Texas, California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois.
What Is in the Paid Reports?
The complete facility roster for an operator, exact-period financial values, distress scores with components, ownership history with buyer and seller, and named lender and control relationships. See the reports page for each product.