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Critical
OpenScore 290

DIGNITY HEALTH

Doing business as DIGNITY HEALTH HOSPICE

124 S COLLEGE DR, SANTA MARIA, CA, 934545325

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 68 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH) is listed on 68 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)

DIGNITY HEALTH

Incorporated Oct 11, 1954

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Owners and managing parties of record

DIGNITY HEALTH

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Mar 17, 2008

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

COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Feb 1, 2019

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

KATHLEEN SULLIVAN

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Dec 31, 2014

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

CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SERVICES LLC

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · 0% ownership · since May 15, 2022

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

MITCH MELFI

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2021

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

MITCH MELFI

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2021

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

STEVEN W SCHARMANN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Nov 14, 2022

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

STEVEN W SCHARMANN

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Feb 1, 2019

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

JOHN E PETERSDORF

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Nov 14, 2022

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

JOHN E PETERSDORF

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Feb 1, 2019

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

SCOTT CARSWELL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 27, 2021

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

DANIEL MORISSETTE

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Feb 8, 2016

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 68 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

  • DIGNITY HEALTHNPI 1821134040 · certification 051592 · 124 S COLLEGE DR, SANTA MARIA, CA
  • DIGNITY HEALTHsame 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 nameDIGNITY HEALTHCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameDIGNITY HEALTH HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1821134040CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number051592CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID2062320559CMS 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
Incorporation date1954-10-11CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address124 S COLLEGE DRCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CitySANTA MARIACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateCACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP934545325CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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