Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 27 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (SAMUEL STERN) is listed on 27 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
STARCO MANAGEMENT LLC
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Jun 17, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
MARLENE GANZ
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Sep 1, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 100% ownership · since Oct 5, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Oct 5, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Oct 5, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
STERN FAMILY 2019 TRUST
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 90% ownership · since Jun 17, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 10% ownership · since Jun 17, 2025
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
RICHARD LESHNER
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Apr 25, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
KEVIN BASARA
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since May 16, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Oct 5, 2021
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAMUEL STERN
CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jun 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
- Owner is tied to 27 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- STARCO MANAGEMENT LLC5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2025-06-17
- MARLENE GANZW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2021-09-01
- SAMUEL STERNCORPORATE OFFICER · 100% share · since 2021-10-05
- SAMUEL STERNCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 100% share · since 2021-10-05
- SAMUEL STERNW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2021-10-05
- STERN FAMILY 2019 TRUST5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 90% share · since 2025-06-17
- SAMUEL STERN5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 10% share · since 2025-06-17
- RICHARD LESHNERW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% share · since 2022-04-25
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
- AFFINITY CARE OF PENNSYLVANIA LLCNPI 1295499838 · certification 731501 · 6 INTERPLEX DR, TREVOSE, PA
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Affinity Care Of Pennsylvania Llc — 2024$9,935,718 paid · 649 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 | AFFINITY CARE OF PENNSYLVANIA LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1295499838 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 731501 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 5799172581 | 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 | LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Incorporation date | 2021-10-05 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | PA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 6 INTERPLEX DR, STE 211 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | TREVOSE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | PA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 190536942 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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