Critical

OpenScore 340

TIDEWELL HOSPICE, INC.

Doing business as EMPATH TIDEWELL HOSPICE

5955 RAND BLVD, SARASOTA, FL, 342385160

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Why this was flagged

Critical

Billing far above peers

Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers

In 2024 Medicare paid this provider $89,807,394, against a typical payment of $2,031,868 for the same kind of provider that year. High volume can be legitimate, but extreme outliers are where billing fraud shows up.

Source Medicare Hospice Payments by Provider · record as of 11 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 5f1f87

Elevated

Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 10 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (SAIDA BOUHAMID) is listed on 10 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

EMPATH-STRATUM INC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Mar 1, 2021

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

STRATUM HEALTH SYSTEM

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Jun 7, 2016

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

STRATUM HEALTH SYSTEM

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · 100% ownership · since Jun 7, 2016

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

AMANDA J MCCRORY

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 1, 2016

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

JONATHAN D FLEECE

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 1, 2018

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

JONATHAN D FLEECE

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 1, 2018

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

RENEE W EPPARD

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 1, 2016

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

STEPHEN W HALL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 1, 2016

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

SAIDA BOUHAMID

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 1, 2011

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

MATT MAYPER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2020

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

KEVIN DILALLO

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2020

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

KEVIN P LOGAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 1, 2016

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

FERMIN MIRANDA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2020

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

KIMBERLIE A BUCHANAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Nov 1, 2016

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

STEVEN ROSKAMP

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jun 7, 2016

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

JANICE MILLER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 1, 2018

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

JACOB P SORG

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Mar 1, 2016

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

RANDAL CURRIN JR.

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2020

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

MELINDA RYALS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2020

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

KAREN FORDHAM

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2020

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

JAMES V FIORICA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2020

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

CHRISTY HENDRICKS

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 11, 2023

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

1 flag

Owner is tied to 10 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

EMPATH-STRATUM INC5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2021-03-01
STRATUM HEALTH SYSTEM5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2016-06-07
STRATUM HEALTH SYSTEMOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% share · since 2016-06-07
AMANDA J MCCRORYCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2016-09-01
JONATHAN D FLEECECORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2018-10-01
JONATHAN D FLEECEOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 0% share · since 2018-10-01
RENEE W EPPARDCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2016-01-01
STEPHEN W HALLCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2016-09-01

Medicare Hospice Payments by Provider

1 flag

Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers

Weekly refreshes

18 Sept 2026 (in use)6,134 recordspublisher data as of 11 Aug 2026
18 Sept 20261,000 recordspublisher data as of 11 Aug 2026(running)

Records read from this file

Empath Tidewell Hospice — 2024$89,807,394 paid · 9,605 patients

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

TIDEWELL HOSPICE, INC.NPI 1417954645 · certification 101521 · 5955 RAND BLVD, SARASOTA, FL

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	TIDEWELL HOSPICE, INC.	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
Trading name	EMPATH TIDEWELL HOSPICE	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
NPI	1417954645	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number	101521	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID	1456260868	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	CORPORATION	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
Incorporation date	1987-08-05	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporation	FL	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
Street address	5955 RAND BLVD	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
City	SARASOTA	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
State	FL	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP	342385160	CMS Hospice Enrollments	Jul 27, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	2026-09-18 · 641824

What changed

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Where this came from

CMS Hospice Enrollmentsdata as of Jul 27, 2026 · pulled Sep 18, 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare Hospice Payments by Providerdata as of Aug 11, 2026 · pulled Sep 18, 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 5f1f87
CMS Hospice All Ownersdata as of Aug 19, 2026 · pulled Sep 18, 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

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Record details

NPI: 1417954645
Medicare CCN: 101521
Provider type: PART A PROVIDER - HOSPICE
Organisation type: CORPORATION
Incorporated: Aug 5, 1987
Incorporation state: FL
Flagged signals: 2
Last refreshed: Sep 18, 2026

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