Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 624 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (JOSHUA LEE PROFFITT) is listed on 624 separate Medicare enrollments. Chains are legal, but rapid multi-entity accumulation is a common structure in healthcare fraud cases.
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
Owners and managing parties of record
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HOME HEALTH INC
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since May 19, 2009
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE GROUP, LLC
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 1, 2014
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
LHC GROUP INC
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Apr 1, 2014
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
LISA HUFFINESS
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Aug 29, 2021
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
JOSHUA LEE PROFFITT
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Apr 1, 2014
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
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 624 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)101,188 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HOME HEALTH INC5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2009-05-19
- MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE GROUP, LLC5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2014-04-01
- LHC GROUP INC5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2014-04-01
- LISA HUFFINESSW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · since 2021-08-29
- JOSHUA LEE PROFFITTCORPORATE OFFICER · since 2014-04-01
CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)11,494 records11,494 added · 0 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026
- 18 Sept 20261,000 records1,000 added · 0 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026(running)
Records read from this file
- SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HOME HEALTH, INC - REGION IINPI 1376533778 · certification 257135 · 105 WHITEBROOK DR, BROOKHAVEN, MS
cms_home_health_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Deaconess Homecare-region I I — 2024$3,255,300 paid · 650 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 | SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HOME HEALTH, INC - REGION II | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Trading name | DEACONESS HOMECARE | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| NPI | 1376533778 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Medicare certification number | 257135 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| CMS associate ID | 0143302703 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Provider type | PART A PROVIDER - HOME HEALTH AGENCY | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Organisation type | CORPORATION | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Incorporation date | 1986-11-20 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State of incorporation | MS | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Street address | 105 WHITEBROOK DR | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| City | BROOKHAVEN | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State | MS | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| ZIP | 396013367 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
What changed
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