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OpenScore 220

WESTERN HEALTH RESOURCES

Doing business as ADVENTIST HEALTH HOME CARE SERVICES

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5500 MING AVE, STE 128, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93309-4619

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Why this was flagged

Elevated
Shared address

4 providers share this street address

This address is the registered location of 4 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 Home Health Agency Enrollments · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 80bfb7

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Elevated
Suite stacking

Many providers in separate suites of one building

This building hosts providers registered across 4 different suite or unit numbers, a pattern seen when shell agencies are set up side by side.

Source CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 80bfb7

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Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 126 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (MEREDITH S JOBE) is listed on 126 separate Medicare enrollments. Chains are legal, and most are ordinary business — this is background context, not a fraud indicator on its own.

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

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Owners and managing parties of record

ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/WEST

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · 100% ownership · since May 6, 1983

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

KERRY L HEINRICH

OTHER · I · since Jan 1, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

MEREDITH S JOBE

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 13, 2012

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

MEREDITH S JOBE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since May 31, 2016

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

ERIC A STEVENS

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Mar 3, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

ERIC A STEVENS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Mar 3, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

LAURA D AINSWORTH

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since May 15, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

LAURA D AINSWORTH

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since May 15, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

JACALYN LIEBOWITZ

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Sep 22, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

JACALYN LIEBOWITZ

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 22, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

JOHN A BEAMAN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Apr 7, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

JOHN A BEAMAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 7, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

JOHN R DINGILIAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 27, 2021

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

MELISSA J THOMAS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Feb 25, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

MELISSA J THOMAS

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Feb 25, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

MELISSA K WARD

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jul 12, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

MELISSA K WARD

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jul 17, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

MELISSA K WARD

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 17, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

MELISSA K WARD

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Jul 12, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameWESTERN HEALTH RESOURCESCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Trading nameADVENTIST HEALTH HOME CARE SERVICESCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
NPI1174954689CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Medicare certification number557094CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
CMS associate ID3577661990CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOME HEALTH AGENCYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Organisation typeCORPORATIONCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Incorporation date1983-05-06CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
State of incorporationCACMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Street address5500 MING AVE, STE 128CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
CityBAKERSFIELDCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
StateCACMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
ZIP93309-4619CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7

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