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LAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEM

Doing business as LAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEM HOME CARE AND HOSPICE

401 PRAIRIE AVE NE, STAPLES, MN, 564793201

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Why this was flagged

Moderate
Shared address

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

Other providers at this street address (2)

LAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEM

Incorporated Apr 1, 1997

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LAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEM

Incorporated Feb 24, 1997

Owners and managing parties of record

MELISSA BETH LINDOW

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Aug 27, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

MELISSA BETH LINDOW

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Aug 27, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

BILLY JOE HAEHNEL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Nov 1, 2015

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

JOSEPH THOMAS REYCRAFT

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Aug 28, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

JOSEPH THOMAS REYCRAFT

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Aug 28, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

CURTIS EUGENE MCILRAVY

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jul 1, 2014

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

RYAN DAVID KRAY

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Oct 1, 2021

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

ROBERT MICHAEL MUELLER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 25, 2015

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

SARA JANE GROVE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 24, 2014

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

CRAIG THOMAS WOLHOWE

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 11, 1997

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

CRAIG THOMAS WOLHOWE

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Jun 11, 1997

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

ALICIA KAY BAUMAN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Oct 9, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

ALICIA KAY BAUMAN

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Oct 9, 2022

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

MARY MARTHA THEURER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 1, 2010

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

ELIZABETH ANN POTTRATZ

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

LISA MARIE BJERGA

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Mar 7, 2016

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

LISA MARIE BJERGA

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Mar 7, 2016

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

KAITLYN ROSE SCHOECK

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 7, 2017

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

LANA ELLEN HANSEN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 1, 2008

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

RONALD ALVIN STORBAKKEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2000

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

FRANZ HARRY ACHERMANN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2025

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

KATHLEEN MARIE DOBSON

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Dec 1, 2014

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

JAMES ALAN ROEDER

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Jan 1, 2018

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

MARY ANN FITCHER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2025

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

BRAD RICHARD ANDERSON

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Aug 13, 2014

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

BRAD RICHARD ANDERSON

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Aug 13, 2014

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

AMY JO BRICHACEK

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2021

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

EMIL PAUL WICHT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 1973

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

MELISSA SUE DANIELS

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 15, 2016

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

MICHAEL LEE AUSTIN

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Dec 30, 2024

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

NORMAN HAROLD KRAUSE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2018

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

DANIEL JOHN DOUTS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since May 1, 2024

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

SUSAN KAY PEET

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2021

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

WADE THOMAS SWENSON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

LINDSAY RAE LEVEILLE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2023

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

CHRISTINE SARA ALBRECHT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 30, 2009

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

SARAH ANN JENNISSEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2024

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

BEVERLY JEAN HOEMBERG

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2011

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

JEF RICHARD CICHOS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2016

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

SARAH JANE BAUMGARTNER

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Jul 1, 2024

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.

  • 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

  • LAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEMNPI 1477544542 · certification 247124 · 401 PRAIRIE AVE NE, STAPLES, MN
  • LAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEMsame street address in the same file

CMS Home Health Agency All Owners

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Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)101,188 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026

Records read from this file

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameLAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEMCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Trading nameLAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEM HOME CARE AND HOSPICECMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
NPI1477544542CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Medicare certification number247124CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CMS associate ID1052229671CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOME HEALTH AGENCYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Organisation typeOTHERCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Street address401 PRAIRIE AVE NECMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CitySTAPLESCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
StateMNCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
ZIP564793201CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a

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