Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 21 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (TRADITIONS HEALTH, LLC) is listed on 21 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
GBHHC HOLDING CORPORATION
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 30, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
TRADITIONS HEALTH, LLC
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 30, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOHN KERNDL
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Nov 28, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOHN KERNDL
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · 0% ownership · since Nov 28, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
ANTHONY ALAN BLAKENEY
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Nov 30, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
ANTHONY ALAN BLAKENEY
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Nov 30, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
BRIAN T LANTIER
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Mar 25, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
CESAR FLORES
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Oct 14, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOSE DE LA CRUZ
CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jan 17, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
FREEMAN W SMITH
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 1, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
FREEMAN W SMITH
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Dec 1, 2020
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.
CMS Hospice All Owners
- Owner is tied to 21 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- GBHHC HOLDING CORPORATION5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2020-11-30
- TRADITIONS HEALTH, LLC5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2020-11-30
- JOHN KERNDLCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2022-11-28
- JOHN KERNDLOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 0% share · since 2022-11-28
- ANTHONY ALAN BLAKENEYCORPORATE OFFICER · since 2020-11-30
- ANTHONY ALAN BLAKENEYOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · since 2020-11-30
- BRIAN T LANTIERCORPORATE OFFICER · since 2024-03-25
- CESAR FLORESW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · since 2025-10-14
CMS Hospice Enrollments
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
- TRADITIONS HOSPICE OF PORTLAND LLCNPI 1699778720 · certification 381548 · 919 NE 19TH AVE, PORTLAND, OR
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Traditions Health — 2024$4,538,139 paid · 380 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 | TRADITIONS HOSPICE OF PORTLAND LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Trading name | TRADITIONS HEALTH | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1699778720 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 381548 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 9830502343 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Provider type | PART A PROVIDER - HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Organisation type | LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Incorporation date | 2020-07-01 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | DE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 919 NE 19TH AVE, STE 160N | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | PORTLAND | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | OR | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 972322210 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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