Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 149 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE INC) is listed on 149 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
An owner matches the federal exclusion list
A person or company listed as an owner or managing party of this provider matches a name on the HHS OIG list of individuals and entities excluded from federal healthcare programs. Names can coincide, so the identity must be confirmed before this means anything.
Source HHS OIG Exclusion List (LEIE) · record as of 18 Sept 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · e6ca62
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)
RANCHO BERNARDO HEALTHCARE LLC
STE 250 · Incorporated Nov 19, 2019
Owners and managing parties of record
THE PENNANT GROUP INC
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Aug 16, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE INC
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Aug 16, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
BRENT GUERISOLI
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Aug 1, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
ELLIOT MCMILLAN
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Apr 10, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
BRENT MILLS
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Mar 26, 2026
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
TIMOTHY JOHNSON
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 1, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOHN J GOCHNOUR
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Apr 10, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
AMBER TUELLER
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Apr 10, 2024
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SAM BAROUDI
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 1, 2022
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 149 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- THE PENNANT GROUP INC5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2022-08-16
- CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE INC5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% share · since 2022-08-16
- BRENT GUERISOLICORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2022-08-01
- ELLIOT MCMILLANCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2024-04-10
- BRENT MILLSCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2026-03-26
- TIMOTHY JOHNSONW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% share · since 2024-01-01
- JOHN J GOCHNOURCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2024-04-10
- AMBER TUELLERCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2024-04-10
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
- CROWN POINT HEALTHCARE LLCNPI 1851967368 · certification 551767 · 5411 AVENIDA ENCINAS, CARLSBAD, CA
- RANCHO BERNARDO HEALTHCARE LLCsame street address in the same file
- An owner matches the federal exclusion list
Weekly refreshes
- 21 Sept 2026 (in use)1,000 records(running)
- 18 Sept 202683,953 records
- 18 Sept 202634,978 records(running)
- 18 Sept 202639,976 records(failed)
- 18 Sept 20261,000 records(failed)
Records read from this file
- TIMOTHY JOHNSONexcluded 2012-06-20 · type 1128b4
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Ardent Hospice — 2024$240,401 paid · 14 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 | CROWN POINT HEALTHCARE LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Trading name | ARDENT HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1851967368 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 551767 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 3971988833 | 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 | 2021-05-10 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | NV | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 5411 AVENIDA ENCINAS, STE 260 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | CARLSBAD | 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 | 920084380 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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