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Moderate
OpenScore 40

HOSPICE OF MONTANA LLC

Doing business as STILLWATER HOSPICE

3737 GRAND AVE, STE 1, BILLINGS, MT, 591026258

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Why this was flagged

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 6 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (MATTHEW R WARNICK) 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 Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

Owners and managing parties of record

STILLWATER HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Feb 27, 2026

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

STILLWATER HOSPICE, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Feb 27, 2026

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

STILLWATER HOSPICE HOLDINGS LLC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Dec 27, 2023

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

STILLWATER TOPCO, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Feb 27, 2026

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

WP STILLWATER, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 55.94% ownership · since Feb 27, 2026

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

HEIDI MARIE MERRIMAN-DAVIS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 50% ownership · since Jan 1, 2026

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

RISE & SHOUT HOLDINGS, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 40.16% ownership · since Feb 27, 2026

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

COLIN BRETT FITTERER

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 25% ownership · since Apr 30, 2024

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

WILLIAM L PHILLIPS

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 25% ownership · since Apr 30, 2024

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

MATTHEW R WARNICK

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 19.07% ownership · since Dec 27, 2023

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

CHRISTOPHER A GRAHAM

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 19.07% ownership · since Dec 27, 2023

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

EAGLE FUND VI-A, LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 16.08% ownership · since Feb 27, 2026

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

NORTHCREEK MEZZANINE FUND IV, L.P.

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 14.82% ownership · since Feb 27, 2026

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

MATTHEW R WARNICK

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 30, 2025

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

CHRISTOPHER A GRAHAM

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 27, 2023

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 6 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

CMS Hospice Enrollments

background detail only

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

cms_hospice_payments

background detail only

No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.

Records read from this file

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.

DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameHOSPICE OF MONTANA LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameSTILLWATER HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1659891505CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number271536CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID5991077356CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeLLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Incorporation date2017-05-12CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationMTCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address3737 GRAND AVE, STE 1CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityBILLINGSCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateMTCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP591026258CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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