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Critical
OpenScore 290

EMBLEM HEALTHCARE, INC.

Doing business as EMBLEM HOSPICE

1400 E SOUTHERN AVE, STE 1010B, TEMPE, AZ, 852828009

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 149 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE INC) is listed on 149 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

Moderate
Shared address

2 providers share this street address

This address is the registered location of 2 separate Medicare-enrolled providers. Legitimate causes exist (shared medical office buildings, management companies), but dense clustering of billing entities at one address is a known fraud pattern.

Source CMS Hospice Enrollments · record as of 27 Jul 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 641824

Other providers at this street address (1)

EMBLEM HEALTHCARE, INC.

STE 1010 · Incorporated Nov 23, 2011

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Owners and managing parties of record

CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE INC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 23, 2011

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

THE PENNANT GROUP INC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Oct 1, 2019

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

BRENT MILLS

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Mar 25, 2026

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

BRENT GUERISOLI

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Nov 9, 2022

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

AMBER TUELLER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 26, 2024

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

CHRISTOPHER MYATT

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 1, 2022

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

JOHN J GOCHNOUR

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 26, 2024

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

SMITA PATIL

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 1, 2017

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 149 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

  • 2 providers share this street address

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

  • EMBLEM HEALTHCARE, INC.NPI 1487999405 · certification 031595 · 1400 E SOUTHERN AVE, TEMPE, AZ
  • EMBLEM HEALTHCARE, INC.same street address in the same file

cms_hospice_payments

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameEMBLEM HEALTHCARE, INC.CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameEMBLEM HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1487999405CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number031595CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID2961655170CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeCORPORATIONCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address1400 E SOUTHERN AVE, STE 1010BCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityTEMPECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateAZCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP852828009CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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