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Elevated
OpenScore 130

SHEPHERD HOSPICE INC

14827 VENTURA BLVD, STE 226, SHERMAN OAKS, CA, 914035230

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Why this was flagged

Elevated
Suite stacking

Many providers in separate suites of one building

This building hosts providers registered across 3 different suite or unit numbers, a pattern seen when shell agencies are set up side by side.

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

Moderate
Shared address

3 providers share this street address

This address is the registered location of 3 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 (2)

HEALTHY CHOICE HOME CARE INC

STE 216 · Incorporated Apr 17, 2009

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LAVENDER HOME HEALTH

STE 218 · Incorporated Dec 20, 2018

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Owners and managing parties of record

GEVORG ARUTUNIAN

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 100% ownership · since Jul 15, 2020

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

GEVORG ARUTUNIAN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 100% ownership · since Jul 15, 2020

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

GEVORG ARUTUNIAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Jul 15, 2020

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

GEVORG ARUTUNIAN

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Jul 15, 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.

  • Many providers in separate suites of one building
  • 3 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

  • SHEPHERD HOSPICE INCNPI 1629683560 · certification B31728 · 14827 VENTURA BLVD, SHERMAN OAKS, CA
  • HEALTHY CHOICE HOME CARE INCsame street address in the same file
  • LAVENDER HOME HEALTHsame street address in the same file

CMS Hospice All Owners

background detail only

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this 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 nameSHEPHERD HOSPICE INCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1629683560CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification numberB31728CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID5991125668CMS 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
Incorporation date2020-07-14CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address14827 VENTURA BLVD, STE 226CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CitySHERMAN OAKSCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP914035230CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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