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CARDINAL HOSPICE SOUTH LLC

Doing business as TRANSITIONS HOSPICE

1097 S LAPEER RD, STE A, OXFORD, MI, 483716181

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Why this was flagged

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Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 10 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO) 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

TRANSITIONS INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 7, 2022

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

TRANSITIONS ACQUISITION LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 57.09% ownership · since Nov 7, 2022

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

LORIENT TRANSITIONS LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 40.78% ownership · since Nov 7, 2022

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

KAI HOLDINGS LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 37.09% ownership · since Nov 7, 2022

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

JAMES M PALAZZO

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 37.09% ownership · since Nov 7, 2022

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

ABERDEEN US PRIVATE EQUITY VIII LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 11.65% ownership · since Nov 7, 2022

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

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 10.1% ownership · since Nov 7, 2022

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

PATRICIA BENSON

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 3, 2023

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

SAJID A CHAUDHRY

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jun 1, 2023

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

MANDY LINTNER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Dec 31, 2023

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

OMAR KHAMIS

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 3, 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

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 nameCARDINAL HOSPICE SOUTH LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameTRANSITIONS HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1053786244CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number231652CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID6406159730CMS 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 date2015-12-30CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationMICMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address1097 S LAPEER RD, STE ACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityOXFORDCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateMICMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP483716181CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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