Why this was flagged
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
- VICTORIA SANTOSOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% share · since 2024-09-17
- JENNIFER MATUSW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2023-03-01
- JENNIFER MATUSOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% share · since 2023-03-01
- ROBIN SPAGNOLIW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2023-11-21
- ROBIN SPAGNOLIOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% share · since 2023-11-21
- DOREEN GRINER SCHMITTW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2024-09-24
- DOREEN GRINER SCHMITTOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% share · since 2024-09-24
- VICTORIA SANTOSW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2024-09-17
CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments
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
- BERGEN CARE HOME HEALTH, LLCNPI 1639355720 · certification 317082 · 201 W PASSAIC ST, ROCHELLE PARK, NJ
cms_home_health_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Ascend Home Health — 2024$1,804,009 paid · 335 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 | BERGEN CARE HOME HEALTH, LLC | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Trading name | ASCEND HOME HEALTH | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| NPI | 1639355720 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Medicare certification number | 317082 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| CMS associate ID | 4385713346 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Provider type | PART A PROVIDER - HOME HEALTH AGENCY | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Organisation type | LLC | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Incorporation date | 2007-11-15 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State of incorporation | NJ | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Street address | 201 W PASSAIC ST, STE 202 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| City | ROCHELLE PARK | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State | NJ | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| ZIP | 076623121 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
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