SPRENGER HEALTHCARE OF BLUFFTON, INC

NPI 1649764119, organization, Okatie, SC, Skilled Nursing Facility

Evidence tier

network structure with a list link

Part of provider network D1-00130, ranked 130 nationally.

score 60 of 100, rank 6817, $0 at stake

Provider networks

D1-00130 ranked 130

68 providers around Grand Rapids, MI: 7 hospices, 10 home health agencies, 51 nursing facilities.

National provider registry

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Name	SPRENGER HEALTHCARE OF BLUFFTON, INC
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	June 19, 2018, last updated June 19, 2018
Practice location	60 OKATIE VILLAGE DRIVE, Okatie, SC 29909, 440-989-5235
Mailing address	3905 OBERLIN AVE, Lorain, OH 44053-2853
Authorized official	KENNETH MALANOWSKI (President)
Specialties	Skilled Nursing Facility (314000000X, primary)

In this area

79 providers in SC carry an indicator in the public record, with $46.1M at stake between them. The most common is part of a provider network, on 38 of them, followed by more hours than a day holds on 32. 4 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	TRANSFORMATION SERVICES Lancaster, SC, ranked 203	$41K	Adjudicated (sentenced, pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated April 2, 2025. Medicaid paid $41,463 in the last 12 observed months.
1	ACHIEVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PA Greenville, SC, ranked 224	$27K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list and the SC Medicaid exclusion list since May 24, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 17 later months, $26,595 in total.
1	KEVIN PATEL Charleston, SC, ranked 226	$26K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since February 18, 2021. Medicaid still paid claims in 8 later months, $25,913 in total.
1	PREMIER MEDICAL, INC. Greenville, SC, ranked 499	$0	Adjudicated (civil judgment) per a Department of Justice release dated July 17, 2025. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
2	RYEDENNA SIMON - MCQUEEN Florence, SC, ranked 708	$239K	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 1 month, peaking at 17.8 hours per day across 3 billing organizations. Medicaid dollars per patient on code 90837 ($451 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
2	KENNETH MARTIN Columbia, SC, ranked 725	$1.9M	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 6 months, peaking at 18.3 hours per day across 3 billing organizations.
3	ROPER ST FRANCIS ANCILLARY SERVICES Ladson, SC, ranked 804	$328K	Part of provider network D1-00115, ranked 115 nationally. Medicaid dollars per patient on code A9900 ($504 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
3	INSPIRIUM IHC UPSTATE, LLC Greenville, SC, ranked 1077	$794K	Part of provider network D1-00040, ranked 40 nationally.

All 79 in SC

Recent enforcement in SC

All releases

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

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DOJSentencedFeb 25, 2026

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DOJIndictedNov 18, 2025

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DOJCivil judgmentJul 17, 2025

United States and the States of Georgia, Colorado, and South Carolina Obtain $114.5M in Judgments in a Sprawling Cancer Genetic Testing Lab Scheme

Premier Medical, its owner and compliance vice president paid kickbacks to Freedom Medical Labs and its marketers, who collected DNA samples from Medicaid beneficiaries in public spaces and purchased telemedicine physician orders, to bill Medicaid for medically unnecessary cancer genetic testing.

DOJIndictedJun 30, 2025

S.C. Cases Among Hundreds Announced in National Health Care Fraud Takedown

Two defendants were charged with submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for durable medical equipment that was not delivered or authorized, and with billing the Veterans Administration for massage therapy services not rendered.

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