PE or Not?

List dentists, eye care practices, vets, dermatology or GI practices in a ZIP code, city or state, optionally filtered by ownership label. Use it for requests like "dentists in Plano, TX with no PE ties" (label=no_known_pe_ties) or "PE-backed eye doctors in 75024" (label=pe_backed,lender_owned). Labels: pe_backed, lender_owned (PE-backed, now lender-controlled), corporate_owned (not PE, owned by a company), health_system_owned, group_practice (owned by its dentists/doctors, no outside investor), vc_backed, no_known_pe_ties, unconfirmed, not_labeled; aliases pe and no_pe. Returns counts by label for the area, total, a page of results (limit up to 100, then next_offset) with each one's label wording and source, and the coverage note. Dental and eye care cover every NPI-registered practice; vet, derm and GI list only the tracked groups' locations, so they can't answer "no PE ties" questions there: say so. Call "no known PE ties" exactly that, never "independent". Some listings come from clinicians' individual NPI records and aren't confirmed open: mention it when relevant.

Get an owner group's ownership details: label and consumer wording, owner or PE backers and since when, PE stake (majority or minority), how it holds practices (buyout, partnership, joint venture, de novo), parent and brands, every source with its headline and date, and known locations by state. Use it for questions like "who owns Heartland Dental?" or "is Aspen Dental private equity?" (brand names work). Answer with the "say" text and cite the sources. In dental, say practices are affiliated with the PE-backed group, never owned by the PE firm.

Check whether one specific dentist, eye doctor, vet, dermatology or GI practice is private-equity backed. Give the business name plus city and state (or ZIP); add the street address or phone number when known, since they make the match surer. Returns status (match, multiple_matches, possible_matches, no_match, need_location), a ready-to-use "say" sentence, and matches with label, owner group, backers, PE stake and deal model, confidence, sources (headline, link, date), coverage and a correction link. Answer with the "say" text and cite the sources. Say "PE-backed" or "affiliated with a PE-backed group", never "owned by" a PE firm; say "no known PE ties", never "independent"; for label unconfirmed say "Not confirmed" and give the source. On possible_matches or multiple_matches, ask the user which address before giving a label. Never suggest a practice is worse because of its owner.