Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 5 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (THOMAS RUSSELL PEPPING) is listed on 5 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
NATIONAL HEALTH ADVISORS LLC
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 60% ownership · since May 26, 2009
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
ASCENSION ARIZONA
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 20% ownership · since May 5, 2002
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
JOSEPH MATTHEW SCHIFANO
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 20% ownership · since Jan 24, 2002
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
DAVID C SMALLHOUSE
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 23, 2013
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
ROY G FARRELL
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 24, 2012
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
BASIL E HORNER
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 24, 2012
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
REBECCA ANN MOTT
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 23, 2023
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
THOMAS RUSSELL PEPPING
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Mar 21, 2016
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
THOMAS RUSSELL PEPPING
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Mar 21, 2016
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
MICHAEL J DURAN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 18, 2019
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
JOSEPH MATTHEW SCHIFANO
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jul 23, 2013
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
JOSEPH MATTHEW SCHIFANO
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 16, 2003
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
MARYANN JUAREZ
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 1, 2019
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 5 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)101,188 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- NATIONAL HEALTH ADVISORS LLC5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 60% share · since 2009-05-26
- ASCENSION ARIZONA5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 20% share · since 2002-05-05
- JOSEPH MATTHEW SCHIFANO5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 20% share · since 2002-01-24
- DAVID C SMALLHOUSECORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2013-07-23
- ROY G FARRELLCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2012-01-24
- BASIL E HORNERCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2012-07-24
- REBECCA ANN MOTTW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% share · since 2023-10-23
- THOMAS RUSSELL PEPPINGCORPORATE OFFICER · since 2016-03-21
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
- DEPENDABLE HOME HEALTH, INCNPI 1821093964 · certification 037129 · 857 W BELL RD, NOGALES, AZ
cms_home_health_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Dependable Home Health, Inc. — 2024$186,514 paid · 34 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 | DEPENDABLE HOME HEALTH, INC | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| NPI | 1821093964 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Medicare certification number | 037129 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| CMS associate ID | 9234048489 | 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 | CORPORATION | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Incorporation date | 2002-01-24 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State of incorporation | AZ | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Street address | 857 W BELL RD, STE 7 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| City | NOGALES | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State | AZ | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| ZIP | 856214545 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
What changed
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