Providers

TIDEWELL HOSPICE, INC.

NPI 1417954645, organization, Sarasota, FL, Hospice Care, Community Based

3
Evidence tier
network structure with a list link
  • Part of provider network D1-00136, ranked 136 nationally.
score 67 of 100, rank 926, $4.5M at stake

National provider registry

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NameTIDEWELL HOSPICE, INC. (also EMPATH TIDEWELL HOSPICE)
TypeOrganization
StatusActive
NPI issuedJuly 1, 2005, last updated August 26, 2026
Practice location5955 RAND BLVD, Sarasota, FL 34238-5160, 941-552-7500
Authorized officialSaida Bouhamid (Cfo)
Specialties
Hospice Care, Community Based (251G00000X, primary, license 5028096 FL)

Procedures billed

The specific codes behind the dollars. Medicaid figures come from T-MSIS (2018 to 2024) and are compared with every other provider billing the same code; Medicare figures come from the 2024 physician and supplier file and compare this provider's submitted charge with what Medicare allowed, against the usual ratio for that code.

Medicaid, largest codes
codewhat it ispaidshareper patient-monthtypicalrank among providers
T2046Medicaid service code$18.6M100%$4K$4K (top 5% from $6K)too few months to rank
G0176Medicaid service code$75K0%$123$284 (top 5% from $596)26th percentile
S9123Nursing care in the home by RN per hour$11K0%$29$365 (top 5% from $10K)6th percentile
99510Medicaid service code$8380%$23$67 (top 5% from $323)too few months to rank

In this area

8 providers in Sarasota County, FL carry an indicator in the public record, with $503K at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 4 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 3.

tierproviderat stakewhy
3CONTINUUM CARE OF SARASOTA LLC
Sarasota, FL, ranked 1360
$97K
  • Part of provider network D1-00113, ranked 113 nationally.
3ALLPRO HOME HEALTH, LLC
Osprey, FL, ranked 4622
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00105, ranked 105 nationally.
3MHC AREA 8, LLC
Venice, FL, ranked 5055
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00053, ranked 53 nationally.
3NEW LEVEL 3
Sarasota, FL, ranked 6607
$0
  • Charged (charged) per a Department of Justice release dated June 26, 2026, not adjudicated.
4MARINA NESTERENKO
Sarasota, FL, ranked 7996
$300K
  • Hours beyond a day in 3 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4ROBINDER BHANGOO
Sarasota, FL, ranked 9696
$25K
  • Hours beyond a day in 2 months, but with up to 126 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
5TARIQ HALIM
Lakewood Ranch, FL, ranked 10484
$69K
  • Medicaid dollars per patient on code 99213 ($188 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
5STEPHEN DUCKER
North Venice, FL, ranked 11921
$13K

Recent enforcement in FL

All releases

Department of Justice and HHS-OIG releases for this state, newest first. Each opens in a new tab.

DOJPleaded guiltyAug 14, 2026
Ocala Mental Health Counselor Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft and Wire Fraud
Forsythe used the names and insurance policy information of 22 individuals without their consent to bill two health insurance companies for counseling services she had not provided.
DOJConvictedAug 12, 2026
Cuban National Convicted of Unlawfully Obtaining US Citizenship After Concealing Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Rodriguez concealed on her naturalization application her participation in a seven-year healthcare fraud conspiracy that resulted in approximately $4.6 million in fraudulent healthcare claims.
DOJCivil settlementAug 3, 2026
Medicare Advantage Provider Complete Health to Pay $14,100,000 to Settle False Claims Act Suit
Complete Health caused the submission of diagnosis codes within HCC 55 and HCC 59 that were not clinically valid, not supported by medical records, and/or not considered in the beneficiary's care, increasing Medicare Advantage risk-adjusted payments from which it received a percentage.
DOJCivil settlementJul 31, 2026
Two Additional Ophthalmology Practices Agree to Pay $2.3M to Resolve Allegations of Fraudulent Claims to Medicare and Medicaid for Cranial Ultrasounds
Two ophthalmology practices billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary trans-cranial doppler ultrasounds premised on false diagnoses, with one practice receiving remuneration from a third-party testing company to refer patients for the tests.
DOJCivil settlementJul 31, 2026
Two Additional Ophthalmology Practices Agree to Pay $2.3M to Resolve Allegations of Fraudulent Claims to Medicare and Medicaid for Cranial Ultrasounds
Two ophthalmology practices billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary trans-cranial doppler ultrasounds premised on false diagnoses and, as to Floral Park Ophthalmology, resulting from remuneration paid by a third-party testing company to induce referrals.

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