Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 6 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (MAX R LAFER) 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 Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
Owners and managing parties of record
SAMUEL WEISS
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 50% ownership · since Aug 25, 2020
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
SHMUEL WEISS
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 50% ownership · since Aug 25, 2020
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
ARTHUR J BYRD
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 10% ownership · since Dec 13, 2023
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
SHMUEL WEISS
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Mar 27, 2023
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
MAX R LAFER
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 13, 2023
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
MAX R LAFER
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Dec 13, 2023
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
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)101,188 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- SAMUEL WEISS5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 50% share · since 2020-08-25
- SHMUEL WEISS5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 50% share · since 2020-08-25
- ARTHUR J BYRDCORPORATE OFFICER · 10% share · since 2023-12-13
- SHMUEL WEISSCORPORATE OFFICER · since 2023-03-27
- MAX R LAFERCORPORATE OFFICER · since 2023-12-13
- MAX R LAFERW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · since 2023-12-13
CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)11,494 records11,494 added · 0 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026
- 18 Sept 20261,000 records1,000 added · 0 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026(running)
Records read from this file
- PREFERRED CERTIFIED LLCNPI 1164021887 · certification 337458 · 4 W PROSPECT AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, NY
cms_home_health_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Preferred Certified — 2024$46,909 paid · 17 patients
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.
| Detail | Value | Published file | Record as of | Pulled | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal name | PREFERRED CERTIFIED LLC | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| NPI | 1164021887 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Medicare certification number | 337458 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| CMS associate ID | 4981015500 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Provider type | PART A PROVIDER - HOME HEALTH AGENCY | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Organisation type | LLC | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Incorporation date | 2017-12-22 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State of incorporation | NY | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Street address | 4 W PROSPECT AVENUE, (GROUND FLOOR) | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| City | MOUNT VERNON | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State | NY | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| ZIP | 105502027 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
What changed
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