The Core Institute Specialty Hosp
An acute care hospital in Phoenix, Arizona 85015
6501 North 19th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85015. (602) 795-6020.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- Not rated CMS’s overall rating
- 4of 5 patient survey rating
- No inspections on record in the last three years
- 32 beds
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Jan 9, 2023: a complaint inspection.
No inspection on record in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
How do patients fare?
- CMS gives no overall CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.: “There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.”
- Of the measures behind its CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System., CMS counts against the national value: mortality, 0 better and 0 worse of 1; safety of care, 0 better and 0 worse of 2; readmission, 1 better and 0 worse of 3.
- Patients rate it 4 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (245 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 73% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 75% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS’s patient safety composite for serious complications, PSI 90, Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2024: no different than the national value.
- Readmissions within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2025): hip or knee replacement 6.4%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
- After outpatient care, compared by CMS: unplanned hospital visits after outpatient surgery, no different than expected.
- Medicare’s spending per patient here is 0.96 times the national median (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, Hospital General Information, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital and Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Complications and Deaths - Hospital and Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital. Released Sep 30, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 5 | Not rated |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5 | 4 of 5 |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since May 2, 2003.
- Ownership: physician.
- It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- No inspection on record in the last three years to show whether it met Medicare’s rules for hospitals.
- Physician.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been penalized?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals.
- Not among the hospitals whose Medicare payments CMS cut under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program for fiscal year 2026.
- No complaint investigation on record in the last three years.
CMS, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated yearly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
What do patients say about their care?
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In CMS’s patient survey, patients rate how well its nurses communicated 4 of 5.
- 85% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
CMS, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital and Timely and Effective Care - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Core Specialty Surgical Holdings, LLC owns 54.7% directly since Jul 31, 2018; Hopco Specialty Surgical Holdings, LLC owns 34.68% directly since Jul 31, 2018; The Kassman Family Living Trust owns 1.4% directly since Jul 31, 2018.
- The Center for Orthopedic and Research Excellence, Inc. runs it.
- 8 owners or officers are people: Charles M Creasman (owns 5% or more directly, 5.59%); Kenneth Eric Tomlon (owns 5% or more through other companies, 5%); Christopher A Yeung (owns 5% or more directly, 2.79%); Christopher A Yeung (corporate director, 2.79%); Justin S Field (owns 5% or more directly, 0.57%); Nima Salari (owns 5% or more directly, 0.25%); Kenneth Eric Tomlon (corporate officer); Kenneth Eric Tomlon (managing employee (on the payroll)).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 1 change of ownership, the latest on May 10, 2005.
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopco Group Holdings, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Aug 15, 2019 |
| The Center for Orthopedic and Research Excellence, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Dec 31, 2014 |
| The Center for Orthopedic and Research Excellence, Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Dec 31, 2014 |
| Hopco Intermediate Holdings, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Core Specialty Surgical Holdings, LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 54.7% | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Hopco Specialty Surgical Holdings, LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 34.68% | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Linden Capital Partners IV-A LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 15.62% | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Audax Private Equity Fund VI-A, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 11.86% | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Linden Capital Partners IV LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 11.51% | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Audax Private Equity Fund VI-B, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 10.16% | Aug 15, 2019 |
| The Kassman Family Living Trust | Owns 5% or more directly | 1.4% | Jul 31, 2018 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 53 hospitals CMS lists in Maricopa County, 29 have an overall star rating from CMS: 5 rated 5 of 5, 5 rated 4 of 5, 11 rated 3 of 5, 7 rated 2 of 5, 1 rated 1 of 5.
- CMS gives this hospital no overall star rating to compare.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals, so none are shown. The one payment cut CMS publishes for each hospital, under its Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, is shown where it applies.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- Most hospitals are accredited by a private organisation (The Joint Commission, DNV and others) whose routine inspections stand in for the state’s; those reports aren’t public, and QCOR holds only the state’s surveys: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
- QCOR says its hospital inspection data are complete only through September 17, 2026, while it moves to a new system.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In its September 2026 release CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for death and readmission rates, though it gives the rates.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (xubh-q36u).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital.
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital (77hc-ibv8).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Complications and Deaths - Hospital (ynj2-r877).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital (632h-zaca).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital (yv7e-xc69).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital (rrqw-56er).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program (yq43-i98g).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated yearly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities (Hospital_and_other.DATA.Q3_2026.csv).
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies (Hospital_2567s_2010_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital All Owners (Hospital_All_Owners_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Enrollments (Hospital_Enrollments_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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