Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 27 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (SAMUEL STERN) is listed on 27 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
SAMUEL STERN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Sep 22, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · 100% ownership · since Jan 1, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
STERN FAMILY 2019 TRUST
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 90% ownership · since Sep 22, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 10% ownership · since Sep 22, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 22, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
CHRISTINE B WELLER
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 16, 2021
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
- Owner is tied to 27 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- SAMUEL STERNCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 100% share · since 2020-09-22
- SAMUEL STERNOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% share · since 2021-01-01
- STERN FAMILY 2019 TRUST5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 90% share · since 2020-09-22
- SAMUEL STERN5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 10% share · since 2020-09-22
- SAMUEL STERNW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · since 2020-09-22
- CHRISTINE B WELLERW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · since 2021-09-16
CMS Hospice Enrollments
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
- AFFINITY CARE OF OHIO LLCNPI 1083212831 · certification 361713 · 9349 WATERSTONE BLVD, CINCINNATI, OH
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Affinity Care Of Ohio Llc — 2024$11,516,925 paid · 644 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 | AFFINITY CARE OF OHIO LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1083212831 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 361713 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 7113334772 | 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 | LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Incorporation date | 2020-09-22 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | OH | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 9349 WATERSTONE BLVD, STE 340 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | CINCINNATI | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | OH | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 452498320 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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