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Critical
OpenScore 290

SANFORD HEALTH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA

Doing business as SANFORD BEMIDJI HOSPICE

3201 PINE RIDGE AVE NW, STE A, BEMIDJI, MN, 566015101

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 41 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (TONY LEE MORRISON) is listed on 41 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)

SANFORD HEALTH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA

STE A · Incorporated

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Owners and managing parties of record

SANFORD

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since May 1, 2013

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

SANFORD NORTH

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Mar 1, 2011

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

MARNIE LYNN VENTLING-HERRMANN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2022

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

TONY LEE MORRISON

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jan 19, 2020

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

ASHLEY GAGOLA

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jun 1, 2025

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

DANIEL GEORGE HOODY

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Oct 9, 2023

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

BRENT GERARD TEIKEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 3, 2012

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

JOLYN JOY MUNSON

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Apr 17, 2025

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

DANA JAMES DYKHOUSE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2024

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

ANDREW STEWART NORTH

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2017

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

RENEE MARIE AXTMAN

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jan 1, 2026

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

STEPHANIE MARIE HERSETH SANDLIN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2024

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

WILLIAM JOSEPH GASSEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Nov 23, 2020

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

MARK ALLEN LUNDEEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Dec 4, 2014

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

WESLEY OWEN ENGBRECHT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2021

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

MAUREEN PATRICIA MCCAUSLAND

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2025

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

JAMIE JO SINDELAR

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Oct 13, 2025

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

LISA SUE MILLER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 9, 2019

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

THOMAS RICHARD WENZEL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2025

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

DAVID JONATHAN SHULKIN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2024

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

NEIL LESLIE GULSVIG

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Mar 28, 2019

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

KEVIN VICTOR SCHIEFFER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2025

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

LAURIS NELSON MOLBERT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2021

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

NICHOLAS WAYNE OLSON

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Apr 8, 2024

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

GEORGE JOSEPH BROWN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2025

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

JASON JOSEPH CARON

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jan 1, 2026

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 41 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

  • SANFORD HEALTH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTANPI 1730292178 · certification 241511 · 3201 PINE RIDGE AVE NW, BEMIDJI, MN
  • SANFORD HEALTH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTAsame street address in the same file

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameSANFORD HEALTH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameSANFORD BEMIDJI HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1730292178CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number241511CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID5597725168CMS 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 date1975-11-11CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationMNCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address3201 PINE RIDGE AVE NW, STE ACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityBEMIDJICMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateMNCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP566015101CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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