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Elevated
OpenScore 170

PINNACLE HOSPICE CARE, LLC

Doing business as OPTIMAL HOSPICE CARE

4380 S SYRACUSE ST, STE 455, DENVER, CO, 802373096

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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

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 8 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (GAGANDEEP SINGH) is listed on 8 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

Other providers at this street address (2)

OPTIMAL HOME CARE INC.

STE 600 · Incorporated Dec 13, 2004

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ROCKIES COMMUNITY HOSPICE LLC

STE 620 · Incorporated Apr 23, 2012

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Owners and managing parties of record

EDWYN S VERGEIRE

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 60% ownership · since Feb 8, 2023

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

JASON W LAING

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 40% ownership · since Feb 8, 2023

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

JEFFREY MANNEL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Mar 19, 2021

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

EDWYN S VERGEIRE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 13, 2019

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

GAGANDEEP SINGH

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Apr 1, 2024

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

EDWYN S VERGEIRE

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · since Sep 18, 2020

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

MARY S GEORGE

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Feb 10, 2022

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

  • PINNACLE HOSPICE CARE, LLCNPI 1699859298 · certification 061568 · 4380 S SYRACUSE ST, DENVER, CO
  • OPTIMAL HOME CARE INC.same street address in the same file
  • ROCKIES COMMUNITY HOSPICE LLCsame street address in the same file
  • Owner is tied to 8 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal namePINNACLE HOSPICE CARE, LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameOPTIMAL HOSPICE CARECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1699859298CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number061568CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID5395743686CMS 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 date2006-10-20CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationCOCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address4380 S SYRACUSE ST, STE 455CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityDENVERCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateCOCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP802373096CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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