AGAPE GROUP, INC

NPI 1487051348, organization, Corona, CA, Hospice Care, Community Based

Evidence tier

network structure with a list link

Part of provider network D1-00029, ranked 29 nationally.

score 66 of 100, rank 946, $2.8M at stake

Provider networks

D1-00029 ranked 29

79 providers around Burbank, CA: 30 hospices, 49 home health agencies.

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

Name	AGAPE GROUP, INC (also CARING ANGELS HOSPICE)
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	November 20, 2014, last updated March 17, 2017
Practice location	400 RAMONA AVE, SUITE #206, Corona, CA 92879-1440, 714-227-4436
Mailing address	400 RAMONA AVE STE 206, SUITE #206, Corona, CA 92879-1443
Authorized official	Gerard Papa (Ceo)
Specialties	Hospice Care, Community Based (251G00000X, primary)

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

code	what it is	paid	share	per patient-month	typical	rank among providers
0659	Medicaid service code	$12.5M	82%	$5K	$5K (top 5% from $6K)	68th percentile
0650	Medicaid service code	$2.6M	17%	$5K	$4K (top 5% from $6K)	74th percentile
0651	Medicaid service code	$76K	0%	$6K		too few months to rank

In this area

178 providers in Riverside County, CA carry an indicator in the public record, with $222.4M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 113 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 57. 5 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	PHLEBXPRESS Temecula, CA, ranked 20	$45K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since January 20, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 14 later months, $45,245 in total. and 1 more
1	BABAR IQBAL MD INC Riverside, CA, ranked 267	$13K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since June 10, 2020. Medicaid still paid claims in 3 later months, $12,584 in total.
1	BABAR IQBAL Riverside, CA, ranked 268	$13K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since June 10, 2020. Medicaid still paid claims in 3 later months, $12,584 in total.
1	FERNANDO PALACIOS Wildomar, CA, ranked 334	$4K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list and the Medicare revocation list since June 27, 2024. Medicaid still paid claims in 4 later months, $4,063 in total.
1	BORREGO COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION Lake Elsinore, CA, ranked 495	$0	Adjudicated (sentenced, charged) per a state attorney general release dated July 22, 2024. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3	HIGH CARE HOSPICE, INC. Riverside, CA, ranked 923	$4.9M	Part of provider network D1-00031, ranked 31 nationally.
3	RIVERSIDE CARE, INC. Riverside, CA, ranked 1070	$844K	Part of provider network D1-00041, ranked 41 nationally.
3	CARE DIMENSIONS OF THE DESERT, LLC Palm Desert, CA, ranked 1167	$450K	Part of provider network D1-00092, ranked 92 nationally.

All 178 in CA

Recent enforcement in CA

All releases

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

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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