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BERGEN CARE HOME HEALTH, LLC

Doing business as ASCEND HOME HEALTH

201 W PASSAIC ST, STE 202, ROCHELLE PARK, NJ, 076623121

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Why this was flagged

Elevated
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 11 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (DANIEL E STRAUS) is listed on 11 separate Medicare enrollments. Chains are legal, but rapid multi-entity accumulation is a common structure in healthcare fraud cases.

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

Owners and managing parties of record

VICTORIA SANTOS

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · 100% ownership · since Sep 17, 2024

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

JENNIFER MATUS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Mar 1, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

JENNIFER MATUS

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · 100% ownership · since Mar 1, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

ROBIN SPAGNOLI

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Nov 21, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

ROBIN SPAGNOLI

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · 100% ownership · since Nov 21, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DOREEN GRINER SCHMITT

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Sep 24, 2024

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DOREEN GRINER SCHMITT

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · 100% ownership · since Sep 24, 2024

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

VICTORIA SANTOS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Sep 17, 2024

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

CARE ONE LLC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Dec 16, 2007

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DANIEL E STRAUS

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 37.6% ownership · since Dec 16, 2007

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DES HOLDING CO., INC.

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 24.1% ownership · since Dec 16, 2007

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DES-C 2009 GRAT

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 20.6% ownership · since Oct 26, 2009

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DES 2009 GST TRUST

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 8.82% ownership · since Apr 25, 2019

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DAVID BARUCH

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 1, 2021

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DAVID BARUCH

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Dec 1, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

CARE ONE MANAGEMENT, LLC

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · since Dec 16, 2007

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

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 11 providers

Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)101,188 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026

Records read from this file

Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)11,494 records11,494 added · 0 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026
  • 18 Sept 20261,000 records1,000 added · 0 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026(running)

Records read from this file

cms_home_health_payments

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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 nameBERGEN CARE HOME HEALTH, LLCCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Trading nameASCEND HOME HEALTHCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
NPI1639355720CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Medicare certification number317082CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CMS associate ID4385713346CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOME HEALTH AGENCYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Organisation typeLLCCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Incorporation date2007-11-15CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
State of incorporationNJCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Street address201 W PASSAIC ST, STE 202CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CityROCHELLE PARKCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
StateNJCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
ZIP076623121CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a

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