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Moderate
OpenScore 80

VISITING NURSE SERVICES OF WESTERN MICHIGAN

Doing business as COREWELL HEALTH VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION

1239 E BELTLINE AVE NE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 495254501

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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

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 5 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (MATTHEW E COX) 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 Home Health Agency All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · f10296

Other providers at this street address (1)

SPECTRUM HEALTH CONTINUING CARE

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Owners and managing parties of record

SPECTRUM HEALTH CONTINUING CARE

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Jul 1, 2004

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

SPECTRUM HEALTH CONTINUING CARE

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · 100% ownership · since Jul 1, 2004

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

COREWELL HEALTH

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Feb 1, 2022

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

WHITNEY ECKHOFF

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 1, 2023

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

IRIS F BOETTCHER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · 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

ANNICA EUURAND WAALKES

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

MATTHEW E COX

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Feb 2, 2022

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

MARK WILSON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

JOHANNIE M TORRES

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

MARY DOORNBOS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

PRAVEEN THADANI

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

JOHN BUCKLEY

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

ALEXANDER FRANZ

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Feb 24, 2020

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

SAM R WATSON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

BILL P PINK

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

SIMIN BEG

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

LYNNETTE FERRELL-ROBINSON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

KAREN R PAKKALA

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jun 10, 2010

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

TAMILA MARLOW

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 1, 2020

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

CHRISTINA FREESE DECKER

OTHER · I · since Sep 1, 2018

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

TALAWNDA L BRAGG

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2022

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

CHRISTOPHER B PORT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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

RONALD M HOFMAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 18, 2020

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.

  • Owner is tied to 5 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

  • 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

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Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameVISITING NURSE SERVICES OF WESTERN MICHIGANCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Trading nameCOREWELL HEALTH VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATIONCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
NPI1659356061CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Medicare certification number237007CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CMS associate ID9436143880CMS 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 date1942-12-01CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
State of incorporationMICMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Street address1239 E BELTLINE AVE NECMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CityGRAND RAPIDSCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
StateMICMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
ZIP495254501CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a

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