KERN HOSPICE CARE, INC

NPI 1720577554, organization, Bakersfield, CA, Hospice Care, Community Based

Evidence tier

network structure with a list link

Part of provider network D1-00019, ranked 19 nationally.

score 66 of 100, rank 1021, $1.3M at stake

Provider networks

D1-00019 ranked 19

42 providers around San Antonio, TX: 32 hospices, 10 home health agencies.

National provider registry

From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.

Name	KERN HOSPICE CARE, INC (also AARA HOSPICE)
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	May 7, 2018, last updated November 9, 2025
Practice location	2920 F ST STE I10, Bakersfield, CA 93301-1829, 661-523-3686
Mailing address	20700 NORTHRIDGE RD, Chatsworth, CA 91311-1830
Authorized official	Narinder Kumar (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	$1.2M	77%	$5K	$5K (top 5% from $6K)	61st percentile
0650	Medicaid service code	$353K	23%	$5K	$4K (top 5% from $6K)	too few months to rank

In this area

150 providers in Kern County, CA carry an indicator in the public record, with $130.3M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 132 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 16. 2 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	JANARDHAN GRANDHE MD A MEDICAL CORPORATION Bakersfield, CA, ranked 101	$269K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since October 14, 2022. Medicaid still paid claims in 17 later months, $268,801 in total.
1	JANARDHAN GRANDHE Bakersfield, CA, ranked 117	$174K	Listed on the CA Medicaid exclusion list and the Medicare revocation list since October 14, 2022. Medicaid still paid claims in 8 later months, $173,578 in total.
2	JANELE SHAFER Bakersfield, CA, ranked 737	$488K	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 5 months, peaking at 36.0 hours per day across 6 billing organizations.
2	SAMANTHA ESSENBERG Bakersfield, CA, ranked 741	$386K	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 2 months, peaking at 44.1 hour per day across 4 billing organizations.
2	NAVNEET KAUR Bakersfield, CA, ranked 743	$325K	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 3 months, peaking at 29.4 hours per day across 3 billing organizations.
2	RIPON DEEP KAUR Bakersfield, CA, ranked 747	$235K	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 1 month, peaking at 26.8 hours per day across 3 billing organizations.
3	D A HEALTH CARE SERVICES Bakersfield, CA, ranked 807	$243K	Part of provider network D1-00023, ranked 23 nationally. Medicaid dollars per patient on code G0151 ($703 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
3	WESTERN HEALTH RESOURCES Bakersfield, CA, ranked 1147	$502K	Part of provider network D1-00071, ranked 71 nationally.

All 150 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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