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VALLEY HEART HOSPICE CARE INC.

20953 DEVONSHIRE ST, STE 3B, CHATSWORTH, CA, 913112367

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Why this was flagged

Elevated
Shared address

4 providers share this street address

This address is the registered location of 4 separate Medicare-enrolled providers. Legitimate causes exist (shared medical office buildings, management companies), but dense clustering of billing entities at one address is a known fraud pattern.

Source CMS Hospice Enrollments · record as of 27 Jul 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 641824

Elevated
Suite stacking

Many providers in separate suites of one building

This building hosts providers registered across 4 different suite or unit numbers, a pattern seen when shell agencies are set up side by side.

Source CMS Hospice Enrollments · record as of 27 Jul 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 641824

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 5 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (STEPHEN N PINE) is listed on 5 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

Other providers at this street address (3)

PROVITAL CARE INC

STE 6 · Incorporated —

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SERENE HOSPICE LLC

STE 5 · Incorporated —

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GOOD LIFE PALLIATIVE CARE

STE 8A · Incorporated May 3, 2019

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Owners and managing parties of record

OPTIN HEALTH

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Feb 25, 2026

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

STEPHEN N PINE

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Jan 7, 2026

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

STEPHEN N PINE

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 100% ownership · since Feb 25, 2026

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

STEPHEN N PINE

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Feb 25, 2026

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 Enrollments

2 flags
  • 4 providers share this street address
  • Many providers in separate suites of one building

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

  • VALLEY HEART HOSPICE CARE INC.NPI 1164803318 · certification A01701 · 20953 DEVONSHIRE ST, CHATSWORTH, CA
  • PROVITAL CARE INCsame street address in the same file
  • SERENE HOSPICE LLCsame street address in the same file
  • GOOD LIFE PALLIATIVE CAREsame street address in the same file

CMS Hospice All Owners

1 flag
  • Owner is tied to 5 providers

Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026

Records read from this file

  • OPTIN HEALTH5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2026-02-25
  • STEPHEN N PINECONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2026-01-07
  • STEPHEN N PINE5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2026-02-25
  • STEPHEN N PINEW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · since 2026-02-25

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.

DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameVALLEY HEART HOSPICE CARE INC.CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1164803318CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification numberA01701CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID0244230217CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeCORPORATIONCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Incorporation date2015-10-02CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address20953 DEVONSHIRE ST, STE 3BCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityCHATSWORTHCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP913112367CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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