ALTAIR HOSPICE CARE INC

NPI 1235676552, organization, Newport Beach, CA, Hospice Care, Community Based

Evidence tier

network structure with a list link

Part of provider network D1-00047, ranked 47 nationally.

score 60 of 100, rank 3247, $0 at stake

Provider networks

D1-00047 ranked 47

53 providers around Van Nuys, CA: 21 hospices, 28 home health agencies, 4 nursing facilities.

National provider registry

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Name	ALTAIR HOSPICE CARE INC (also ASTER PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE)
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	January 24, 2017, last updated December 28, 2024
Practice location	471 OLD NEWPORT BLVD STE 101, Newport Beach, CA 92663-4232, 818-766-2306
Authorized official	Julie Khudagulyan (Ceo)
Specialties	Hospice Care, Community Based (251G00000X, primary, license C3774763 CA)

In this area

237 providers in Orange County, CA carry an indicator in the public record, with $177.1M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 117 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 110. 7 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	NANCY DAVIS Orange, CA, ranked 136	$125K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since January 20, 2016. Medicaid still paid claims in 4 later months, $125,111 in total.
1	KEVIN DO Tustin, CA, ranked 204	$41K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since March 7, 2003. Medicaid still paid claims in 22 later months, $41,061 in total.
1	RASOUL MONTAZERI Irvine, CA, ranked 213	$35K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since October 11, 2019. Medicaid still paid claims in 14 later months, $34,645 in total.
1	BRUCE HAGADORN Irvine, CA, ranked 293	$9K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since November 16, 2017. Medicaid still paid claims in 2 later months, $9,268 in total.
1	SAMPATH SURYADEVARA Anaheim, CA, ranked 349	$3K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since March 29, 2021. Medicaid still paid claims in 3 later months, $2,923 in total.
1	DUK KIM Huntington Beach, CA, ranked 391	$1K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since September 22, 2020. Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $1,103 in total.
1	PAUL JOHNSON Garden Grove, CA, ranked 412	$514	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list since July 1, 2020. Medicaid still paid claims in 1 later month, $514 in total.
3	LAGUNA HOME HEALTH SERVICES, LLC Mission Viejo, CA, ranked 924	$4.7M	Part of provider network D1-00107, ranked 107 nationally.

All 237 in CA

Recent enforcement in CA

All releases

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DOJPleaded guiltyAug 27, 2026

Anaheim Woman Pleads Guilty to Submitting More Than $2.2 Million in Fraudulent Hospice Care Claims to Medicare

Galbraith submitted approximately $2,266,694 in claims to Medicare for hospice services for beneficiaries who did not have a terminal illness with a life expectancy of six months or less, and Medicare paid her company approximately $2,140,606.

DOJCivil settlementAug 26, 2026

DermTech Inc. to Pay Up to $5M to Resolve Allegations It Submitted False Claims to Medicare for Unreliable Skin Cancer Tests

DermTech Inc. submitted claims to Medicare for skin cancer tests conducted with an unvalidated positive control range and for tests lacking sufficient patient RNA, and did not retract results or adequately refund Medicare.

DOJCivil settlementAug 26, 2026

DermTech Inc. to Pay Up to $5M to Resolve Allegations It Submitted False Claims to Medicare for Unreliable Skin Cancer Tests

DermTech Inc. billed Medicare for skin cancer tests conducted using an unvalidated positive control range and for tests with insufficient patient RNA, and did not retract the results or adequately refund Medicare.

DOJCivil settlementAug 24, 2026

Medicare Advantage Provider Monogram Health Agrees to Pay $2.4 Million to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit

Monogram knowingly submitted diagnosis codes in four HCCs that were not clinically accurate, not supported by medical record documentation, and/or did not require or affect patient care, inflating Medicare Advantage beneficiaries' risk scores and causing CMS to make higher capitated payments to Medicare Advantage Organizations.

DOJCivil settlementAug 24, 2026

Medicare Advantage Provider Monogram Health Agrees to Pay $2.4M to Settle False Claims Act Suit

Monogram Health knowingly submitted diagnosis codes within four HCCs that were not clinically accurate, not supported by medical record documentation, and/or did not require or affect patient care, inflating Medicare Advantage beneficiaries' risk scores and causing CMS to make higher capitated payments to MAOs.

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