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Critical
OpenScore 290

LAKESIDE HOSPICE, LLC

Doing business as VITALCARING GROUP

41601 VETERANS AVE, STE 200B, HAMMOND, LA, 70403

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 95 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (VISTRIA FUND III LP) is listed on 95 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

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)

VITAL HEALTH SERVICES INC

STE 200A · Incorporated Jun 15, 1999

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Owners and managing parties of record

TVG NP HOMECARE ACQUISITION, INC.

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 1, 2021

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

TVG NP HOMECARE TOPCO, LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 17, 2021

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

PELICAN ACQUISITION SUBCO I INC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Aug 20, 2021

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

TVG NP HOMECARE TOPCO, GP, LLC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 17, 2021

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

TVG NP HOMECARE ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 17, 2021

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

BHC HOLDCO, LLC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 6, 2020

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

TVG NP HOMECARE SPONSORCO, LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 17, 2021

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

TVG NP HOMECARE ACQUISITION INTERMEDIATE, INC.

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 17, 2021

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

PELICAN ACQUISITION SUBCO II INC

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Aug 20, 2021

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

VISTRIA FUND III LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 34% ownership · since Aug 20, 2021

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

NAUTIC PARTNERS IX, LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 32% ownership · since Aug 20, 2021

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

NAUTIC PARTNERS IX-A LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 18% ownership · since Aug 20, 2021

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

VISTRIA FUND III (FT) LP

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 16% ownership · since Aug 20, 2021

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

KYLE L CAULFIELD

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

CHAD W BLALACK

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jul 5, 2022

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

CHAD W BLALACK

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jul 5, 2022

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

JANICE RIGGINS

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Nov 24, 2021

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

CHRIS WALKER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Aug 20, 2021

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 95 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

  • LAKESIDE HOSPICE, LLCNPI 1073841417 · certification 191525 · 41601 VETERANS AVE, HAMMOND, LA
  • VITAL HEALTH SERVICES INCsame street address in the same file

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameLAKESIDE HOSPICE, LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameVITALCARING GROUPCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1073841417CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number191525CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID3971635186CMS 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 date2009-09-18CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationLACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address41601 VETERANS AVE, STE 200BCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityHAMMONDCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateLACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP70403CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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