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LIVING STONES HOSPICE CARE LLC

Doing business as ACACIA HOSPICE OF THE DESERT

75108 GERALD FORD DR, STE 3, PALM DESERT, CA, 922116802

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Why this was flagged

Elevated
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 14 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (MATTHEW MCMURPHY) is listed on 14 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

DANTE BAUTISTA

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 65% ownership · since Dec 10, 2023

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

DANTE BAUTISTA

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 51% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

ACACIA HEALTH MIDCO, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 49% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

ACACIA HOSPICE OF THE LOW DESERT LLC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 49% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

ACACIA HEALTH BLOCKER, INC.

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 49% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

ACACIA HEALTH, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 49% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

DANTE BAUTISTA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 40% ownership · since Dec 10, 2023

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

DANTE BAUTISTA

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 40% ownership · since Dec 10, 2023

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

MERIT CAPITAL FUND VII, LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 30.77% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

AGAZARYAN ML HOLDINGS, INC.

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 9.8% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

ALEXSAN AGAZARYAN

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 9.8% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

MATTHEW MCMURPHY

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 8.4% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

ACACIA MCMURPHY, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 8.4% ownership · since Aug 23, 2024

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

STEPHANIE FERRATT

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Aug 28, 2024

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

DAVID KO

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Aug 30, 2024

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

HUY THANH HO

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Dec 10, 2023

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

ALEXSAN AGAZARYAN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Aug 23, 2024

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.

  • Owner is tied to 14 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

CMS Hospice Enrollments

background detail only

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

cms_hospice_payments

background detail only

No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.

Records read from this file

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 nameLIVING STONES HOSPICE CARE LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameACACIA HOSPICE OF THE DESERTCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1154978559CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification numberB31600CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID9032539309CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeLLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address75108 GERALD FORD DR, STE 3CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityPALM DESERTCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP922116802CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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