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OpenScore 540

STONE CREEK HEALTHCARE LLC

Doing business as BELLA TERRA HOSPICE OF THE DESERT

75410 GERALD FORD DR, STE 202, PALM DESERT, CA, 922113500

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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

Critical
Excluded owner

An owner matches the federal exclusion list

A person or company listed as an owner or managing party of this provider matches a name on the HHS OIG list of individuals and entities excluded from federal healthcare programs. Names can coincide, so the identity must be confirmed before this means anything.

Source HHS OIG Exclusion List (LEIE) · record as of 18 Sept 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · e6ca62

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

Other providers at this street address (1)

JOSHUA TREE HEALTHCARE INC

STE 200 · Incorporated —

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Owners and managing parties of record

THE PENNANT GROUP INC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Aug 16, 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 DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Aug 16, 2022

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

JESSE CHRISTIAN MADERA

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Mar 1, 2025

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

DAVID M MITZNER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Dec 29, 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

BRENT GUERISOLI

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Apr 10, 2024

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

ELIZABETH RIOS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 10, 2025

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

TAMISHA FRONTERA

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Feb 23, 2026

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 Apr 10, 2024

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 Apr 10, 2024

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

ROBERT D WEGER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Feb 23, 2026

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 Apr 10, 2024

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

TIMOTHY JOHNSON

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Apr 17, 2025

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

1 flag
  • 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

1 flag
  • 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

  • STONE CREEK HEALTHCARE LLCNPI 1912590217 · certification 751714 · 75410 GERALD FORD DR, PALM DESERT, CA
  • JOSHUA TREE HEALTHCARE INCsame street address in the same file

HHS OIG Exclusion List (LEIE)

1 flag
  • An owner matches the federal exclusion list

Weekly refreshes

  • 21 Sept 2026 (in use)1,000 records(running)
  • 18 Sept 202683,953 records
  • 18 Sept 202634,978 records(running)
  • 18 Sept 202639,976 records(failed)
  • 18 Sept 20261,000 records(failed)

Records read from this file

cms_hospice_payments

background detail only

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 nameSTONE CREEK HEALTHCARE LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameBELLA TERRA HOSPICE OF THE DESERTCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1912590217CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number751714CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID9537543913CMS 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 date2021-02-18CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationNVCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address75410 GERALD FORD DR, STE 202CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityPALM DESERTCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP922113500CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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