Why this was flagged
2 providers share this street address
This address is the registered location of 2 separate Medicare-enrolled providers. Legitimate causes exist (shared medical office buildings, management companies), but dense clustering of billing entities at one address is a known fraud pattern.
Source CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments · record as of 27 Jul 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · c6841a
Owner is tied to 9 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (ROBERT GRIFFITH) is listed on 9 separate Medicare enrollments. Chains are legal, but rapid multi-entity accumulation is a common structure in healthcare fraud cases.
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
Other providers at this street address (1)
UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
Incorporated Sep 16, 1966
Owners and managing parties of record
HOME NURSING AGENCY AFFILIATES
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · 0% ownership · since Jan 9, 1986
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
CAROL GABIG-PAPST
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 1, 2018
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
BRUCE ERB
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 1, 2015
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
CAROLYN DEAN
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 19, 2017
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
DONALD BECKSTEAD
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 27, 2016
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
VAL MIGNOGNA
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 24, 2012
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
SANDRA R TOMLINSON
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 27, 2016
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
TRISHA MYERS
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 1, 2019
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
AMY ELAINE SWINDELL
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Apr 27, 2011
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
ROBERT GRIFFITH
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Mar 1, 2017
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
KIM BURNS-WARD
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 27, 2016
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
PAULA M THOMAS
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Mar 1, 2017
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
PAULA M THOMAS
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Mar 1, 2017
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
LAURIE A KARSTETTER
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Aug 1, 2012
Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296
Source timeline
Every flag on this provider is built from one or more published government files. Below is each file that contributed, the weekly pulls we have of it, and the actual records read from it.
- Owner is tied to 9 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)101,188 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- HOME NURSING AGENCY AFFILIATESOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 0% share · since 1986-01-09
- CAROL GABIG-PAPSTCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2018-10-01
- BRUCE ERBCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2015-01-01
- CAROLYN DEANCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2017-07-19
- DONALD BECKSTEADCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2016-07-27
- VAL MIGNOGNACORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2012-10-24
- SANDRA R TOMLINSONCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 0% share · since 2016-07-27
- TRISHA MYERSW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% share · since 2019-01-01
- 2 providers share this street address
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)11,494 records11,494 added · 0 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026
- 18 Sept 20261,000 records1,000 added · 0 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026(running)
Records read from this file
- UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIANPI 1659443158 · certification 397087 · 20 SHERATON DR, ALTOONA, PA
- UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIAsame street address in the same file
cms_home_health_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Upmc Home Healthcare Of Central Pennsylvania — 2024$6,636,639 paid · 1,861 patients
Where every detail came from
Each value below is traced to the published file it was read from, the day we downloaded it, and the weekly version it belongs to. Open the link to check the original record yourself.
| Detail | Value | Published file | Record as of | Pulled | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal name | UPMC HOME HEALTHCARE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| NPI | 1659443158 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Medicare certification number | 397087 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| CMS associate ID | 7012824972 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Provider type | PART A PROVIDER - HOME HEALTH AGENCY | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Organisation type | CORPORATION | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Incorporation date | 1966-09-16 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State of incorporation | PA | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| Street address | 20 SHERATON DR | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| City | ALTOONA | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| State | PA | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
| ZIP | 166019316 | CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · c6841a |
What changed
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