PREFERRED CERTIFIED, LLC

NPI 1164021887, organization, Mount Vernon, NY, Home Health

Evidence tier

network structure with a list link

Part of provider network D1-00113, ranked 113 nationally.

score 60 of 100, rank 3864, $0 at stake

Provider networks

D1-00113 ranked 113

69 providers around Brooklyn, NY: 31 hospices, 19 home health agencies, 19 nursing facilities.

National provider registry

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Name	PREFERRED CERTIFIED, LLC
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	October 23, 2020, last updated October 4, 2024
Practice location	4 W PROSPECT AVE, Mount Vernon, NY 10550-2027, 914-328-3733
Mailing address	2003 CONEY ISLAND AVE, Brooklyn, NY 11223-2328
Authorized official	JACLYN DIANA (Administrator)
Specialties	Home Health (251E00000X, primary)

In this area

13 providers in Westchester County, NY carry an indicator in the public record, with $39.5M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 12 of them, followed by paid after a public list action on 1. 1 is tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	HEALING THERAPEUTICS PHYSICAL THERAPY PLLC Port Chester, NY, ranked 356	$3K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since September 14, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $2,660 in total.
4	MARY DIDIE Valhalla, NY, ranked 7343	$29.2M	Hours beyond a day in 49 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing. Records needed. and 1 more
4	CHRISTINA RAWLS-DOLIN Mount Vernon, NY, ranked 7513	$37K	Hours beyond a day in 1 month under one organization, which can be supervisory billing. Records needed. and 2 more
4	DANIEL KUSHNER White Plains, NY, ranked 8577	$2.9M	Hours beyond a day in 4 months, but with up to 782 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours. Records needed.
4	ROBERT SAMANIEGO Rye, NY, ranked 9337	$317K	Hours beyond a day in 4 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing. Records needed.
4	SURINDER PAL Ardsley, NY, ranked 9477	$192K	Hours beyond a day in 1 month, but with up to 373 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours. Records needed.
5	CAMERON BUDENZ Tarrytown, NY, ranked 10044	$1.4M	Medicaid dollars per patient on code 95004 ($371 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
5	MUHAMMAD NAEEM Yonkers, NY, ranked 10315	$393K	Medicaid dollars per patient on code 99308 ($90 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.

All 13 in NY

Recent enforcement in NY

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DOJIndictedAug 20, 2026

Four Members Of The “War Room” Charged In Connection With $12 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Members of a Bronx-based racketeering organization known as the "War Room" fabricated ride data for methadone clinic transportation using a GPS spoofing application, paid Medicaid patients kickbacks in cash and drugs for their enrollment information, provided the fake data to transportation companies that submitted over $12 million in claims to Medicaid, and laundered the proceeds.

DOJIndictedAug 20, 2026

Four Members of the “War Room” Charged in Connection with $12M Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Four members of a Bronx racketeering organization known as the "War Room" fabricated medical transportation ride data using a ride-tracking app and GPS spoofing, paid Medicaid patients at methadone clinics kickbacks in cash and drugs for their enrollment information, provided the fake data to transportation companies that submitted over $12 million in Medicaid claims, and laundered the proceeds.

DOJCivil settlementAug 17, 2026

Safire nursing homes agree to pay $9 million to resolve fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing allegations

The United States alleged that Safire submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for skilled rehabilitative therapy services that were not reasonable or necessary, not supported by medical records, not documented as provided, or not provided at all, including by scheduling therapy based on insurer reimbursement policies, pressuring therapists and residents, and manufacturing or altering therapy referrals and medical records.

DOJSentencedJul 21, 2026

Owner of Long Island Ambulette Services Company Sentenced to Prison for Multimillion Dollar Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Arshad and co-conspirators paid kickbacks to Medicaid beneficiaries to order transportation through his companies and billed Medicaid over $19 million for medical transportation rides that were not provided, including for individuals who were deceased, hospitalized or incarcerated, and inflated reimbursements with false pickup addresses and distant treatment centers.

DOJIndictedJul 2, 2026

Two Defendants Charged with Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme

The defendants, who owned and operated Tri-Hamlet Taxi Inc., allegedly paid kickbacks to Medicaid beneficiaries and submitted more than $35 million in claims to Medicaid for ambulette trips that were not provided or whose costs were inflated by using false pickup or drop-off addresses.

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