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Critical
OpenScore 290

AMERICARE CERTIFIED SPECIAL SERVICES, INC.

5923 STRICKLAND AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 112346435

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Billing far above peers

Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers

In 2024 Medicare paid this provider $69,819,311, against a typical payment of $899,466 for the same kind of provider that year. High volume can be legitimate, but extreme outliers are where billing fraud shows up.

Source Medicare Home Health Payments by Provider · record as of 11 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 31bbc0

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 8 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (TSIONA ELIYAHU) is listed on 8 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

Owners and managing parties of record

DAVID HELFGOTT

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 18, 1995

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

DAVID HELFGOTT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 18, 1995

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

FAIVISH PEWZNER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 17, 1996

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

FAIVISH PEWZNER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 17, 1996

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

MARTIN KLEINMAN

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · since Jul 11, 1997

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

MARTIN KLEINMAN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 2, 1992

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

MARTIN KLEINMAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 2, 1992

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

TSIONA ELIYAHU

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jan 24, 2005

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

CARE MANAGEMENT INC.

OTHER · O · since May 1, 1992

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.

CMS Home Health Agency All Owners

1 flag
  • Owner is tied to 8 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

Medicare Home Health Payments by Provider

1 flag
  • Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers

Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)8,609 recordspublisher data as of 11 Aug 2026

Records read from this file

CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments

background detail only

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

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.

DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameAMERICARE CERTIFIED SPECIAL SERVICES, INC.CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
NPI1770513145CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Medicare certification number337290CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CMS associate ID0042228405CMS 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 typeCORPORATIONCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Incorporation date1992-01-02CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
State of incorporationNYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Street address5923 STRICKLAND AVECMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CityBROOKLYNCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
StateNYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
ZIP112346435CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a

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