Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 7 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (JOHN KERNDL) is listed on 7 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
JOSEPH A REPPERT
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 100% ownership · since Apr 4, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
KETUL J PATEL
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Oct 30, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 1, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
KETUL J PATEL
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 100% ownership · since Oct 30, 2025
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 · 100% ownership · since Feb 17, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOHN KERNDL
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Feb 17, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOSEPH A REPPERT
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Aug 3, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JAMES GLEN CUNNINGHAM
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Mar 4, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
WILLIAM C BROCK
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Apr 1, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
HEATHER GRAHAM
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Sep 1, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
ORRIN S SWAYZE
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Apr 1, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
KEITH PARKER
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Jul 1, 2023
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
PAUL LAWRENCE DOUGLASS
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Aug 22, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
MITZI MOORE
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Apr 1, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
GRETCHEN CORBIN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Oct 3, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JAMES L HORNSBY
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Jul 1, 2018
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
EDWARD RICHARDSON
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Apr 4, 2019
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DAVID BOTTOMS
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Feb 2, 2023
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
FRANK ROS
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Apr 1, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
MARK BERRY
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Oct 7, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JAMES HOLMES
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Apr 4, 2019
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
GREG MORGAN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Apr 1, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
EBENEZER ERZUAH
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Apr 1, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOHN C MCKIBBEN
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Nov 21, 2011
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
WEST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER, INC
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · since Oct 1, 2009
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOHN C MCKIBBEN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Oct 1, 2009
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 7 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- JOSEPH A REPPERTCORPORATE OFFICER · 100% share · since 2024-04-04
- KETUL J PATELW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2025-10-30
- WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2016-04-01
- KETUL J PATELCORPORATE OFFICER · 100% share · since 2025-10-30
- JOHN KERNDLCORPORATE OFFICER · 100% share · since 2025-02-17
- JOHN KERNDLW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2025-02-17
- JOSEPH A REPPERTW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2020-08-03
- JAMES GLEN CUNNINGHAMCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 5% share · since 2021-03-04
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
- WEST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER, INCNPI 1649403973 · certification 111516 · 1510 VERNON RD, LAGRANGE, GA
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- West Georgia Hospice — 2024$4,346,972 paid · 432 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 | WEST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER, INC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Trading name | WEST GEORGIA HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1649403973 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 111516 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 9335286160 | 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 |
| Incorporation date | 2006-08-04 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | GA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 1510 VERNON RD | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | LAGRANGE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | GA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 302404131 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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