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 Hospice Enrollments · record as of 27 Jul 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 641824
Owner is tied to 5 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (DEBRA R. SHINKLE) is listed on 5 separate Medicare enrollments. Chains are legal, but rapid multi-entity accumulation is a common structure in healthcare fraud cases.
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
Other providers at this street address (1)
HOME TOWN HEALTH CARE LLC
Incorporated Dec 1, 2006
Owners and managing parties of record
DEBRA R. SHINKLE
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 50% ownership · since Dec 1, 2006
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
BOBBY R SHINKLE
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 50% ownership · since Dec 1, 2006
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DEBRA R. SHINKLE
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Oct 11, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DEBRA R. SHINKLE
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Oct 11, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DEBRA R. SHINKLE
OTHER · I · since Oct 11, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
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 Hospice All Owners
- Owner is tied to 5 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- DEBRA R. SHINKLE5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 50% share · since 2006-12-01
- BOBBY R SHINKLE5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 50% share · since 2006-12-01
- DEBRA R. SHINKLECORPORATE DIRECTOR · since 2015-10-11
- DEBRA R. SHINKLEOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · since 2015-10-11
- DEBRA R. SHINKLEOTHER · since 2015-10-11
CMS Hospice Enrollments
- 2 providers share this street address
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)5,802 records5,000 added · 1 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026
Records read from this file
- HOME TOWN HEALTH CARE LLCNPI 1982075693 · certification 171586 · 921 W MYRTLE ST, INDEPENDENCE, KS
- HOME TOWN HEALTH CARE LLCsame street address in the same file
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Home Town Hospice — 2024$346,194 paid · 41 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 | HOME TOWN HEALTH CARE LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Trading name | HOME TOWN HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1982075693 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 171586 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 3375544703 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Provider type | PART A PROVIDER - HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Organisation type | LLC | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Incorporation date | 2006-12-06 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | KS | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 921 W MYRTLE ST | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | INDEPENDENCE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | KS | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 673013241 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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