Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 149 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (THE PENNANT GROUP INC) is listed on 149 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
3 providers share this street address
This address is the registered location of 3 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 (2)
Owners and managing parties of record
THE PENNANT GROUP INC
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 8, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE INC
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 8, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
PARAGON HEALTHCARE, INC.
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 8, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
BRIAN W. WAYMENT
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Nov 17, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOHN J GOCHNOUR
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 26, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DEVIN ROTHWELL
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 6, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
AMBER TUELLER
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 26, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
STANLEY S.L. LING
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since May 1, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
MICHAEL MAGETTE
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 26, 2024
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 149 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- THE PENNANT GROUP INC5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2022-04-08
- CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE INC5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2022-04-08
- PARAGON HEALTHCARE, INC.5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2022-04-08
- BRIAN W. WAYMENTCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2021-11-17
- JOHN J GOCHNOURCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2024-09-26
- DEVIN ROTHWELLW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% share · since 2022-10-06
- AMBER TUELLERCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2024-09-26
- STANLEY S.L. LINGW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% share · since 2025-05-01
CMS Hospice Enrollments
- 3 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
- SYMBOL HEALTHCARE, INC.NPI 1578287058 · certification 501550 · 4002 TACOMA MALL BLVD, TACOMA, WA
- SYMBOL HEALTHCARE, INC.same street address in the same file
- EMERALD HEALTHCARE, INC.same street address in the same file
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Puget Sound Hospice Of Pierce County — 2024$3,333,983 paid · 290 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 | SYMBOL HEALTHCARE, INC. | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Trading name | PUGET SOUND HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1578287058 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 501550 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 9931354883 | 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 | CORPORATION | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 4002 TACOMA MALL BLVD, STE 204 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | TACOMA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | WA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 984097702 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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