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Critical
OpenScore 290

CARE INITIATIVES

Doing business as CARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE-CEDAR RAPIDS

3720 QUEEN CT SW, STE 9, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, 524044735

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Excluded owner

An owner matches the federal exclusion list

A person or company listed as an owner or managing party of this provider matches a name on the HHS OIG list of individuals and entities excluded from federal healthcare programs. Names can coincide, so the identity must be confirmed before this means anything.

Source HHS OIG Exclusion List (LEIE) · record as of 18 Sept 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · e6ca62

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 8 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (LANE MORRELL BOWEN) 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 Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

Owners and managing parties of record

COMPUTERSHARE CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY, NA

5% OR GREATER MORTGAGE INTEREST · O · 16.19% ownership · since Feb 1, 2025

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

LISA CLELAND

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since May 11, 2022

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

SHANNON MORGAN

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Jun 13, 2025

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

TANYA GILYARD

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since May 23, 2025

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

STACEY WERNER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Dec 30, 2025

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

PETER D CORLESS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 1, 2025

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

KEVIN CHILDS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Dec 1, 2023

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

JOHANNA VOLM

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Jun 1, 2020

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

KEITH K KREIN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jun 29, 2022

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

CAMI BLACK

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Nov 2, 2024

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

MARY JANE CAROTHERS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Dec 1, 2023

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

JAMIE KNAVEL

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 0% ownership · since Jun 13, 2025

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

JEANNETTE FORREST

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Dec 5, 2024

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

SUSAN RAFFERTY

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Oct 13, 2025

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

ELIZABETH RUST

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Dec 1, 2022

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

EMILY DRAKE

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Jan 4, 2023

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

LINDA L UPMEYER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jun 29, 2022

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

DAVID B DIXON

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 1, 2016

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

JERAMY D KUHN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 25, 2008

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

DENISE D STURM

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2021

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

MICHAEL W BEAL

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 1, 2020

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

MICHAEL W BEAL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 1, 2020

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

RICHARD T POPE

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jan 1, 2026

Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513

LANE MORRELL BOWEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2021

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.

  • Owner is tied to 8 providers

Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026

Records read from this file

  • An owner matches the federal exclusion list

Weekly refreshes

  • 21 Sept 2026 (in use)1,000 records(running)
  • 18 Sept 202683,953 records
  • 18 Sept 202634,978 records(running)
  • 18 Sept 202639,976 records(failed)
  • 18 Sept 20261,000 records(failed)

Records read from this file

CMS Hospice Enrollments

background detail only

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

  • CARE INITIATIVESNPI 1457517955 · certification 161597 · 3720 QUEEN CT SW, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA

cms_hospice_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 nameCARE INITIATIVESCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameCARE INITIATIVES HOSPICE-CEDAR RAPIDSCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1457517955CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number161597CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID3870575350CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeCORPORATIONCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Incorporation date1989-08-01CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationTXCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address3720 QUEEN CT SW, STE 9CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityCEDAR RAPIDSCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateIACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP524044735CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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