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Critical
OpenScore 290

VALLEY HOME CARE INC.

Doing business as VALLEY HOSPICE

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15 ESSEX RD 301, PARAMUS, NJ, 07652-1457

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Billing far above peers

Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers

In 2023 Medicare paid this provider $32,277,345, against a typical payment of $914,218 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 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · db4c19

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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 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 80bfb7

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Owners and managing parties of record

MICHELLE RESTREPO

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 5% ownership · since May 21, 2018

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

NISHA SIKDER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 5% ownership · since Jan 1, 2017

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

JOSETTE PORTALATIN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 5% ownership · since Jan 15, 2020

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

DONALD E STRANGFELD

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 4, 2015

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

KATHRYN YEOMANS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 5, 2014

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

DENISE RATCLIFFE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 5, 2008

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

PAULETTE LAURENZI

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2011

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

BARRY POSKANZER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 4, 2015

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

KATHLEEN BURKE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2011

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

DAVID F LUDWIG

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2016

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

CYNTHIA J HALABY

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 7, 2012

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

STEVEN L NICKLES

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 6, 2013

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

ANNE GOHEEN CRANE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 5, 2014

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

ROBERT W BRENNER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2016

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

JOHN W ALBOHM

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2016

Source CMS Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Oct 2026 · pulled 9 Nov 2026 · version 2026-11-09 · 5196f4

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameVALLEY HOME CARE INC.CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Trading nameVALLEY HOSPICECMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
NPI1174588925CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Medicare certification number317008CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
CMS associate ID5991833105CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOME HEALTH AGENCYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Organisation typeCORPORATIONCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Incorporation date1986-01-24CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
State of incorporationNJCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
Street address15 ESSEX RD 301CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
CityPARAMUSCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
StateNJCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7
ZIP07652-1457CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsOct 19, 2026Nov 9, 20262026-11-09 · 80bfb7

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