Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 656 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED) is listed on 656 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
Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers
In 2024 Medicare paid this provider $35,487,806, against a typical payment of $899,466 for the same kind of provider that year. High volume can be legitimate, but extreme outliers are where billing fraud shows up.
Source Medicare Home Health Payments by Provider · record as of 11 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 31bbc0
Owners and managing parties of record
NATIONAL HEALTH INDUSTRIES, INC.
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Jan 1, 2017
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
LHC GROUP INC
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 1, 2018
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
ALMOST FAMILY, INC.
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 1, 2018
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Feb 22, 2023
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
JOSHUA LEE PROFFITT
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 13, 2020
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
KIM DONOVAN
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Nov 7, 2022
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
MARCUS DONAVON MACIP
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Feb 22, 2023
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
KIMBERLY SEYMOUR
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Feb 22, 2023
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
NICHOLAS GACHASSIN
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 13, 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 656 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)101,188 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- NATIONAL HEALTH INDUSTRIES, INC.5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2017-01-01
- LHC GROUP INC5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2018-04-01
- ALMOST FAMILY, INC.5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2018-04-01
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2023-02-22
- JOSHUA LEE PROFFITTCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2020-07-13
- KIM DONOVANW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · since 2022-11-07
- MARCUS DONAVON MACIPCORPORATE OFFICER · since 2023-02-22
- KIMBERLY SEYMOURCORPORATE OFFICER · since 2023-02-22
- Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)8,609 recordspublisher data as of 11 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- Caretenders — 2024$35,487,806 paid · 6,634 patients
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
- CARETENDERS VS OF BOSTON, LLCNPI 1396929048 · certification 227269 · 200 RESERVOIR ST, NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MA
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 | CARETENDERS VS OF BOSTON, LLC | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Trading name | CARETENDERS | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| NPI | 1396929048 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Medicare certification number | 227269 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| CMS associate ID | 3274605613 | 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 | LLC | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Incorporation date | 2007-10-11 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State of incorporation | MA | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Street address | 200 RESERVOIR ST, STE 309 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| City | NEEDHAM HEIGHTS | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State | MA | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| ZIP | 024943146 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
What changed
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