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Issue 02 June 2026

The government published the data.
Nobody joined it.

Three findings from federal datasets that have never been joined. Post-acute care, hospice, employer compliance. Every number is sourced. Every discrepancy is verifiable.

Verticals 3
Federal Sources CMS · HCRIS · OSHA · DOL
Published June 2026
Finding 01 of 03 Post-Acute Care · CareIndex
331

nursing facilities have a Medicaid payer mix above 85%, are operating at a net loss, and hold a 1- or 2-star CMS rating. Combined net loss: $502.8 million.

HCRIS Cost Reports · FY2024 CMS Payer Mix Data · FY2024 CMS Five-Star Rating System CareIndex · June 2026

Medicaid funds them. Medicaid ratings flag them. Neither dataset is joined.

Medicaid is the primary payer for most nursing home residents in the United States. For the 331 facilities identified here, it accounts for more than 85% of patient days. These are not institutions with diverse revenue — they are structurally dependent on a single federal program.

All 331 are simultaneously operating at a net loss according to their most recent HCRIS cost report filings, and all hold 1- or 2-star ratings under CMS's Five-Star Quality Rating System. The combined net loss across the group is $502.8 million for fiscal year 2024.

The three signals — payer concentration, financial loss, and low quality rating — exist in three separate federal systems. HCRIS is a cost reporting system. The payer mix comes from CMS provider data. The star rating is a CMS quality composite. None of the three references the others.

As CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz announced new Medicaid eligibility and reimbursement changes on June 2, 2026, these 331 facilities sit at the intersection of maximum Medicaid exposure, demonstrated financial loss, and lowest clinical quality — in the same data CMS uses to administer the program.

At-Risk Facilities by State — >85% Medicaid · Operating Loss · 1–2 Stars · FY2024
Illinois58 facilities · avg 91.0% Medicaid
Pennsylvania55 facilities · avg 90.0% Medicaid · avg loss $3.3M
Texas33 facilities · avg 89.0% Medicaid
Missouri27 facilities · avg 90.7% Medicaid
Georgia16 facilities · avg 89.9% Medicaid
All other states (36)142 facilities across 36 states + DC
Finding 02 of 03 Hospice · CareIndex
13

hospice providers reported a 100% late live discharge rate — the primary claims-based fraud signal in CMS's own Hospice Care Index. Eight of the thirteen operate in California.

CMS Hospice Care Index CMS Provider Data Catalog CMS Hospice Quality Reporting Program · June 2026

CMS publishes the fraud signal. The signal is in the data. The data is public.

The Hospice Care Index late live discharge rate measures the percentage of patients who are discharged alive late in their hospice stay. CMS uses this as a primary indicator of potential enrollment fraud — it suggests patients were admitted to hospice who did not qualify, and were discharged when that became apparent.

The national median late live discharge rate across 5,579 hospice providers with sufficient claims data is 36.8%. The 90th percentile is 57%. The 13 providers identified here reported a rate of 100% — every patient with a late live discharge was discharged alive. Eight of the thirteen are in California, concentrated in the Los Angeles metro area: Tujunga, Burbank, Glendale, Van Nuys, Reseda, Los Angeles, and Tarzana.

This is CMS's own data, published in CMS's own Hospice Care Index. On May 13, 2026, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz announced a six-month moratorium on new Medicare hospice enrollments, citing systemic fraud and suspending more than 800 providers representing $1.4 billion in Medicare billings. The late live discharge rate is one of the primary signals CMS uses to identify those providers. The 13 providers below reported that signal at its maximum value — in federal data that has been publicly available throughout.

Providers with 100% Late Live Discharge Rate — CMS Hospice Care Index · Worst 5 of 13 by HCI Score
Sweet Care Hospice
Los Angeles, CA · For-profit
HCI Score: 5.0
Like Family Hospice and Palliative Care Inc
Glendale, CA · For-profit
HCI Score: 6.0
Aloe Vera Hospice, Inc.
Tarzana, CA · For-profit
HCI Score: 6.0
Cardea Hospice and Palliative Care
Reseda, CA · For-profit
HCI Score: 7.0
A Touch of Grace Hospice LLC
North Chesterfield, VA
HCI Score: 7.0
8 additional providers — including 3 in Burbank, CA and 1 each in Van Nuys CA, Greenville TX, Warsaw IN, Bowling Green MO, and Houston MO
HCI Scores: 7.0–9.0

HCI scores range 0–100. Source: CMS Hospice Care Index. Full provider list available on request.

Finding 03 of 03 Employer Compliance · WorkRecord
41,648

employers have open OSHA abatement orders — OSHA cited a workplace hazard, assessed a penalty, and the hazard remains officially unresolved. 750 of those employers also have willful violations on record.

OSHA Enforcement Data · 1970–2026 OSHA Inspection Records WorkRecord · June 2026

OSHA told 41,648 employers to fix a hazard. The hazard is still open.

An abatement order is OSHA's formal requirement that an employer correct a cited workplace hazard by a specified date. An open abatement means the employer has not demonstrated to OSHA's satisfaction that the hazard has been corrected. The citation stands. The penalty has been assessed. The hazard is officially unresolved.

Of the 41,648 employers with open abatement orders, 750 also have willful violations on record — citations where OSHA determined the employer knowingly disregarded a safety requirement or was aware of the hazard and made no reasonable effort to eliminate it. The combined penalties across the full open abatement universe total $457.5 million.

A willful violation with an open abatement order means the employer knew about the hazard, was penalized for it, and the hazard is still present. These are not administrative oversights. They are documented in OSHA's own enforcement records — the same records the agency uses to prioritize future inspections. The 41,648 figure represents the current state of OSHA's own enforcement backlog, in OSHA's own data.

Open Abatement Orders — WorkRecord · OSHA Enforcement Data
Employers with open abatement orders41,648
With willful violations also on record750
Total OSHA inspections on record49,033
Combined penalties assessed$457.5M
On Sourcing
Government data only. Methodology disclosed.

Every finding in this issue derives from a federal regulatory dataset — CMS Provider Data Catalog, HCRIS Cost Reports, CMS Five-Star Rating System, CMS Hospice Care Index, or OSHA Enforcement Data. No findings rely on AuditPoint composite scores. All discrepancies are the product of joins between federal datasets.

Financial data in Finding 01 is drawn from HCRIS cost reports, primarily fiscal year 2024 (323 of 331 facilities). Eight facilities reflect FY2025 early filings. Payer mix data reflects the most recent available fiscal year per facility. CareIndex compliance tiers referenced elsewhere on this platform are AuditPoint derived analytical outputs — not official CMS designations. Government inputs are disclosed at auditpoint.ai/methodology.

The Findings is not investment advice and is not a consumer reporting product under FCRA.