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OpenScore 250

UNIVERSITY OF TN MEDICAL CENTER HOME CARE SERVICES, LLC

Doing business as UNIVERSITY OF TN MEDICAL CENTER HOME CARE SERVICES-HOSPICE

4435 VALLEY VIEW DR, STE 104, KNOXVILLE, TN, 379171300

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 149 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE 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

Owners and managing parties of record

CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE INC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 67% ownership · since Oct 1, 2025

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

THE PENNANT GROUP INC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 67% ownership · since Oct 1, 2025

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

UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 33% ownership · since May 1, 2007

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

BRENT GUERISOLI

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 1, 2025

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

ELLIOT MCMILLAN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 1, 2025

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

BRENT MILLS

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Mar 26, 2026

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

JOHN J GOCHNOUR

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 1, 2025

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

TONYA L MCCARTY

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jan 1, 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.

  • 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

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

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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 nameUNIVERSITY OF TN MEDICAL CENTER HOME CARE SERVICES, LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameUNIVERSITY OF TN MEDICAL CENTER HOME CARE SERVICES-HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1619197365CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number441547CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID0648369819CMS 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 date2007-04-25CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationTNCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address4435 VALLEY VIEW DR, STE 104CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityKNOXVILLECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateTNCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP379171300CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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