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Moderate
OpenScore 80

SSM HEALTH BUSINESSES

Doing business as SSM HEALTH AT HOME HOSPICE ILLINOIS

1501 MCPHERSON AVE, MOUNT VERNON, IL, 628642831

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Why this was flagged

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

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 8 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (KARI KRUEGER) is listed on 8 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

Other providers at this street address (1)

SSM HEALTH BUSINESSES

Incorporated May 24, 1984

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Owners and managing parties of record

LAURA KAISER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 100% ownership · since Aug 1, 2017

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

KARI KRUEGER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 2, 2022

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

KARI KRUEGER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 2, 2022

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

KARI KRUEGER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 2, 2022

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

AMY LILLGE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 26, 2026

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

KELLI DENISE KOONS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Nov 19, 2007

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

SSM HEALTH BUSINESSES

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · since Jan 1, 2008

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

AMY LILLGE

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Apr 24, 2026

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 8 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

  • SSM HEALTH BUSINESSESNPI 1093718900 · certification 141530 · 1501 MCPHERSON AVE, MOUNT VERNON, IL
  • SSM HEALTH BUSINESSESsame street address in the same file

cms_hospice_payments

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameSSM HEALTH BUSINESSESCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameSSM HEALTH AT HOME HOSPICE ILLINOISCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1093718900CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number141530CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID8022107051CMS 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
Street address1501 MCPHERSON AVECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityMOUNT VERNONCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateILCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP628642831CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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