Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 6 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (WILLIAM S HOKANSON) is listed on 6 separate Medicare enrollments. Chains are legal, but rapid multi-entity accumulation is a common structure in healthcare fraud cases.
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
Owners and managing parties of record
SARAH CRUTCHFIELD
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since May 19, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SARAH CRUTCHFIELD
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 33.33% ownership · since Apr 15, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
WILLIAM S HOKANSON
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 33.33% ownership · since Apr 15, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DEREK SORENSEN
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 33.33% ownership · since Apr 15, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
Source timeline
Every flag on this provider is built from one or more published government files. Below is each file that contributed, the weekly pulls we have of it, and the actual records read from it.
CMS Hospice All Owners
- Owner is tied to 6 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- SARAH CRUTCHFIELDW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2015-05-19
- SARAH CRUTCHFIELD5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 33.33% share · since 2015-04-15
- WILLIAM S HOKANSON5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 33.33% share · since 2015-04-15
- DEREK SORENSEN5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 33.33% share · since 2015-04-15
CMS Hospice Enrollments
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)5,802 records5,000 added · 1 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026
Records read from this file
- HIGH DESERT HOSPICE LLCNPI 1992182422 · certification 321572 · 8661 SAN PEDRO DR NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- High Desert Hospice — 2024$14,323,864 paid · 721 patients
Where every detail came from
Each value below is traced to the published file it was read from, the day we downloaded it, and the weekly version it belongs to. Open the link to check the original record yourself.
| Detail | Value | Published file | Record as of | Pulled | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal name | HIGH DESERT HOSPICE LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1992182422 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 321572 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 8325353501 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Provider type | PART A PROVIDER - HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Organisation type | LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Incorporation date | 2015-04-15 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | NM | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 8661 SAN PEDRO DR NE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | ALBUQUERQUE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | NM | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 871131942 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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