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Quorum Health Corporation

Lung screening gap across 66 counties in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia

610,000to1.1Madults in its service area qualify for lung cancer screening and are not being screened

About 8,700 people here are diagnosed with lung cancer each year, and 64% are found at a late stage, when it is hardest to treat.

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66 counties39 acute care hospitalsService areaShowing the California and Nevada region; all regions are mapped below.
730,000 to 1.3Madults likely qualify under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
5,600lung cancer deaths a year in these counties, 2020 to 2024
16.3%of eligible adults screened in these states, vs 18.2% nationally

Estimates from public data only; no patient information. Sources and method below.

Where the eligible adults live

The counties where most of Quorum Health Corporation's Medicare inpatients live. Darker areas hold more adults who likely qualify, which is where outreach would start. Hover or tap any area for its estimate.

California and Nevada

Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee

Oregon

Colorado and Utah

Louisiana

Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia

Plus 10 smaller areas listed in the table.

Adults likely eligible, per county

0+1,500+2,000+2,600+3,000+4,900+10,600+

Acute care hospital in this system

Counties in the service area

CountyStateAdults likely eligibleLung cancer deaths per 100kMedicare screens billed locally, 2024
Los Angeles CountyCalifornia341,600 to 644,90019.75,864
Clark CountyNevada112,900 to 186,10029.01,127
San Bernardino CountyCalifornia77,900 to 132,20024.3219
Salt Lake CountyUtah25,300 to 45,30015.3138
East Baton Rouge ParishLouisiana18,600 to 37,40030.5643
Lane CountyOregon16,200 to 31,20032.9604
St. Clair CountyIllinois12,000 to 19,80039.51,097
Penobscot CountyMaine8,900 to 14,30042.3516
Douglas CountyOregon6,500 to 10,70039.0105
Linn CountyOregon6,400 to 10,60039.4None billed locally
Surry CountyNorth Carolina4,700 to 7,10045.0None billed locally
DeKalb CountyAlabama4,900 to 6,80037.623
Jefferson CountyNew York4,500 to 6,60041.3125
Coos CountyOregon4,100 to 6,50044.2None billed locally
Jackson CountyAlabama3,900 to 5,50050.9None billed locally
Williamson CountyIllinois3,600 to 5,30044.4None billed locally
Christian CountyKentucky3,400 to 5,30053.1174
St. Mary ParishLouisiana3,500 to 5,20044.6None billed locally
Wayne CountyWest Virginia3,100 to 4,90053.5None billed locally
Osage CountyOklahoma3,200 to 4,90038.128
Stokes CountyNorth Carolina3,100 to 4,90044.2None billed locally
Pettis CountyMissouri2,500 to 4,00052.539
Jackson CountyIllinois2,100 to 3,80047.412
Alcorn CountyMississippi2,300 to 3,60039.5255
San Miguel CountyNew Mexico1,200 to 3,50015.1None billed locally
Franklin CountyIllinois2,400 to 3,20048.8None billed locally
Lee CountyIowa2,100 to 3,10036.2None billed locally
Jefferson CountyIllinois2,100 to 3,10048.6287
Fannin CountyGeorgia2,000 to 3,00037.3None billed locally
Hardin CountyTennessee2,600 to 3,00052.3None billed locally
Carroll CountyVirginia2,300 to 2,90035.1None billed locally
Montgomery CountyKansas1,900 to 2,90041.0None billed locally
McNairy CountyTennessee2,100 to 2,90054.2None billed locally
Monroe CountyIllinois1,500 to 2,80031.8None billed locally
Ouachita CountyArkansas1,500 to 2,70042.7None billed locally
Luna CountyNew Mexico1,400 to 2,60026.0None billed locally
Randolph CountyIllinois1,800 to 2,60045.4None billed locally
Benton CountyMissouri1,900 to 2,60058.7None billed locally
Tooele CountyUtah1,900 to 2,60021.0None billed locally
Hardeman CountyTennessee1,900 to 2,50057.8None billed locally
Pointe Coupee ParishLouisiana1,400 to 2,50040.1None billed locally
St. Francis CountyArkansas1,600 to 2,40048.3None billed locally
Prentiss CountyMississippi1,400 to 2,40048.3None billed locally
Summit CountyUtah1,000 to 2,2009.2None billed locally
East Feliciana ParishLouisiana1,400 to 2,20057.9None billed locally
Tishomingo CountyMississippi1,400 to 2,10068.4None billed locally
Tippah CountyMississippi1,400 to 2,10048.9None billed locally
Vernon CountyMissouri1,400 to 2,00047.4None billed locally
Saline CountyIllinois1,400 to 2,00048.661
Trigg CountyKentucky1,200 to 1,90052.6None billed locally
Patrick CountyVirginia1,300 to 1,90041.7None billed locally
Phillips CountyArkansas1,100 to 1,90050.421
Washington CountyIowa1,200 to 1,80033.1None billed locally
Lawrence CountyKentucky1,300 to 1,80065.618
Young CountyTexas920 to 1,60043.1None billed locally
Choctaw CountyOklahoma1,100 to 1,60051.4None billed locally
Breathitt CountyKentucky1,100 to 1,50074.2None billed locally
Union CountyIllinois1,100 to 1,50047.3None billed locally
Wayne CountyIllinois970 to 1,40042.4None billed locally
Todd CountyKentucky920 to 1,30061.2None billed locally
Martin CountyKentucky1,000 to 1,20063.2None billed locally
Marion CountyKansas640 to 1,10039.4None billed locally
Brewster CountyTexas340 to 1,10022.2None billed locally
Johnson CountyIllinois800 to 1,10037.0None billed locally
Moffat CountyColorado690 to 1,00028.6None billed locally
Watonwan CountyMinnesota520 to 91041.3None billed locally

46 of the 66 counties had no Medicare lung screening reads billed from a local address in 2024. County names link to their Missing Millions page.

What closing the gap would mean

If screening in these counties rose from 16.3% to the national rate of 18.2%, about 14,000 to 24,800 more people would be screened each year.

In the National Lung Screening Trial, low-dose CT screening lowered lung cancer deaths by 20% compared with chest X-ray. Today about 64% of lung cancers here are found at a late stage.

Illustrative estimate: eligible adults (range) times the change in screening rate. Not a forecast or a guarantee.

Each year in these counties

8,700new lung cancers
5,600found at a late stage
5,600lung cancer deaths

NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, annual averages.

Screening at Quorum Health Corporation today

Clinicians at Quorum Health Corporation locations billed 537 low-dose CT lung screening reads to Medicare fee-for-service in 2024. Including Medicare Advantage and other insurers, we estimate about 1,300 to 3,600 screenings a year.

Most adults who qualify see a primary care clinician every year. We count 1,188 primary care clinicians, 16 pulmonologists and 7 thoracic surgeons practicing at Quorum Health Corporation locations. A 20 pack-year smoking history is often missing from structured EHR fields, so many eligible patients are never flagged.

CMS Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners 2024 (CPT 71271); clinicians matched to Quorum Health Corporation by practice address using the AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems 2023, so reads billed by outside radiology groups are not included. The all-payer estimate scales Medicare fee-for-service by the local Medicare Advantage share (57%, CMS) and, at the high end, by the share of eligible adults under 65 (65%).

39 acute care hospitals

  • Magnolia HospitalCorinth, MS
  • Mckenzie-Willamette HospitalSpringfield, OR
  • Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA
  • Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia, MO
  • Jennie Stuart Medical CenterHopkinsville, KY
  • Northern Hosp of Surry CoMount Airy, NC
  • Dekalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne, AL
  • Ouachita County Medical CenterCamden, AR
  • Three Rivers Medical CenterLouisa, KY
  • Fannin Regional HospitalBlue Ridge, GA
  • Kentucky River Medical CenterJackson, KY
  • Forrest City Medical CenterForrest City, AR

And 27 more acute care hospitals.

Find them, reach them, give radiologists a second opinion

LungIQ Find

Reads clinical notes, diagnoses and medications in the EHR and returns a ranked list of patients likely eligible, including those whose pack-year history is missing. Start with a CSV export refreshed every 1, 3 or 6 months, or connect through FHIR or HL7.

LungNAV Reach

An AI patient navigator that texts and calls patients in 70+ languages, answers questions about the scan, and hands each patient to your scheduling team or nurse navigators with a call summary.

LungAI Second opinion

Gives radiologists a malignancy risk score for each nodule, factoring in change since the prior scan, inside the PACS and CADe software they already use. The radiologist makes the final call.

LungAI is an investigational medical device and has not been cleared by FDA. It is not commercially available in the United States.

How we estimate the gap

Modeled estimates from public data. They are not a count of Quorum Health Corporation patients and contain no patient information.

  • Service area: CMS Hospital Service Area File 2025 (counties within 120 miles of a system hospital holding 80% of its Medicare inpatients, plus any county with at least 1%); hospitals from the AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2023.
  • Eligible adults, low estimate: Oatmeal Health Missing Millions (Census 2025 population, CDC PLACES smoking, USPSTF 2021).
  • Eligible adults, high estimate: University of Minnesota National Lung Cancer Screening Estimates (Haynes 2026), which also counts former smokers.
  • Screening rate: American Lung Association, State of Lung Cancer 2025.
  • Lung cancer cases and deaths: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles (incidence 2019 to 2023, deaths 2020 to 2024).
  • Screening volume: CMS Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners, 2024; CMS Medicare Advantage State/County Penetration, September 2026.

LungAI is an investigational medical device and has not been cleared by FDA. Oatmeal Health is preparing a 510(k) premarket notification. LungAI is not commercially available in the United States.

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