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High
OpenScore 200

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

Doing business as KAISER PERMANENTE HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO HOSPICE

8954 RIO SAN DIEGO DR, FL 2, SAN DIEGO, CA, 921081659

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Why this was flagged

High
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 37 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (MARGARET E PORFIDO) is listed on 37 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

Moderate
Shared address

2 providers share this street address

This address is the registered location of 2 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

Other providers at this street address (1)

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

FL 2 · Incorporated Feb 19, 1948

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Owners and managing parties of record

LESLIE S HEISZ

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Jan 1, 2015

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

DAVID J BARGER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since May 1, 2017

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

MARGARET E PORFIDO

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Nov 1, 2011

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

RICHARD P SHANNON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Jul 1, 2014

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

REGINA M BENJAMIN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Jun 1, 2015

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

JUDITH A JOHANSEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Apr 1, 2006

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

DAVID F HOFFMEISTER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Nov 1, 2014

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

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · 100% ownership · since Jul 13, 2009

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

ARNOLD EUGENE WASHINGTON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Jan 4, 2016

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

JEFFREY E EPSTEIN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Apr 1, 2013

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

RAMON F BAEZ

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Jun 4, 2016

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

GREGORY A ADAMS

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 100% ownership · since Nov 11, 2019

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

GREGORY A ADAMS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Nov 11, 2019

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

MATTHEW T RYAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Jan 1, 2020

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

JENNY MING

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 6, 2021

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

INES GAETA

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Apr 4, 2022

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

ALLEGRA M RICH

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jun 1, 2016

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

MICHELLE J GASKILL-HAMES

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Sep 18, 2023

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

TERESA RAMIREZ

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 29, 2016

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

JASON THOMAS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Oct 23, 2023

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

JASON THOMAS

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Oct 23, 2023

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

DOUGLAS A LEMIEUX

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jul 8, 2018

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

ANGEL VARGAS

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Aug 13, 2018

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

ANGEL VARGAS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Aug 13, 2018

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

ANGEL VARGAS

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Aug 13, 2018

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 37 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

  • 2 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

  • KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALSNPI 1285789099 · certification 051522 · 8954 RIO SAN DIEGO DR, SAN DIEGO, CA
  • KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALSsame street address in the same file

cms_hospice_payments

background detail only

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameKAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALSCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameKAISER PERMANENTE HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1285789099CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number051522CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID6800707456CMS 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 date1948-02-19CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address8954 RIO SAN DIEGO DR, FL 2CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CitySAN DIEGOCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP921081659CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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