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Moderate
OpenScore 40

ECHO HOSPICE OF OHIO, LLC

690 TAYLOR RD, STE 110, GAHANNA, OH, 432303520

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Why this was flagged

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 6 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (CHRISTOPHER LACKNER) is listed on 6 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

LAKE TAY, INC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Dec 7, 2020

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

HARVEY BULLOCK

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jul 15, 2022

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

NICOLE R SMITH

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Dec 7, 2020

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

CHRISTOPHER C DOYLE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 19, 2022

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

CHRISTOPHER LACKNER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 7, 2020

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

CHRISTOPHER LACKNER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Dec 7, 2020

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

KEVIN MICHAEL WEBB

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · since Jan 14, 2020

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 6 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

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

cms_hospice_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 nameECHO HOSPICE OF OHIO, LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1063008621CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number361718CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID8527471861CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeLLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Incorporation date2020-01-14CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationNVCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address690 TAYLOR RD, STE 110CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityGAHANNACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateOHCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP432303520CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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