FraudFinder
← Lead board
Moderate
OpenScore 40

PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL

Doing business as PALO ALTO COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES

3201 1ST ST, EMMETSBURG, IA, 505362516

Claims run 10 days. Verified identity required.

Claiming opens the investigation packet: a case briefing, every flag explained, the owners and linked providers, a tracked checklist, pre-filled public record lookups and a downloadable dossier.

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 (4)

PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL

Incorporated —

View lead

PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL

Incorporated —

PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL

Incorporated —

PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL

Incorporated —

Owners and managing parties of record

SARAH STROHMAN

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · 100% ownership · since Jun 23, 2017

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

SARAH STROHMAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 100% ownership · since Jun 23, 2017

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

TERRY NAIG

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 22, 2012

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

DAWN SCHMIDT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 27, 2008

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

PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · since Jan 10, 2012

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

COLLETTE JOHNSON

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 20, 2016

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

COLLETTE JOHNSON

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jun 20, 2016

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

COLLETTE JOHNSON

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Jun 20, 2016

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

MELANIE FLYNN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 27, 2021

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

RICHARD BRENNAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Feb 20, 2019

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

JANA HARRIS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 23, 2019

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

JONATHAN DEAN MOE

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Feb 1, 2021

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

JONATHAN DEAN MOE

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Feb 1, 2021

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

JONATHAN DEAN MOE

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Feb 1, 2021

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

COLEEN R RUDDY

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jan 10, 2012

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

BURT J. HOBART

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 2, 2008

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

CYNTHIA MAGEE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 23, 2019

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 Enrollments

1 flag
  • 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

  • PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITALNPI 1992708531 · certification 167049 · 3201 1ST ST, EMMETSBURG, IA
  • PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITALsame street address in the same file

CMS Home Health Agency All Owners

background detail only

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

cms_home_health_payments

background detail only

No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.

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 namePALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITALCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Trading namePALO ALTO COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICESCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
NPI1992708531CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Medicare certification number167049CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CMS associate ID4486563061CMS 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 typeGOVERNMENTCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Street address3201 1ST STCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CityEMMETSBURGCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
StateIACMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
ZIP505362516CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a

What changed

How this provider's public record has moved between weekly refreshes. See the whole week.

Nothing has changed for this provider since we started comparing weekly refreshes.

Public research history

Nobody has worked this lead yet. Notes published by investigators stay here even after a claim expires.

Community notes

Readers judge whether this flag holds up. A note only reaches the top when people who usually disagree both rate it helpful.

Sign in to add a note

No notes yet. If you have checked this provider, say what you found.