Why this was flagged
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
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
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.
CMS Hospice All Owners
- 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
- DIGNITY HEALTH5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2008-03-17
- COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2019-02-01
- KATHLEEN SULLIVANW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2014-12-31
- CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SERVICES LLCOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 0% share · since 2022-05-15
- MITCH MELFICORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2021-01-27
- MITCH MELFICORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2021-01-27
- STEVEN W SCHARMANNCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2022-11-14
- STEVEN W SCHARMANNW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% share · since 2019-02-01
CMS Hospice Enrollments
- 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
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Dignity Health Hospice — 2024$6,193,110 paid · 579 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 | DIGNITY HEALTH | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Trading name | DIGNITY HEALTH HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1821134040 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 051592 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 2062320559 | 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 | 1954-10-11 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | CA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 124 S COLLEGE DR | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | SANTA MARIA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | CA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 934545325 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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