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Moderate
OpenScore 80

AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN ARKANSAS, INC

3600 WHEELER AVE, STE 2, FORT SMITH, AR, 729016621

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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 Hospice Enrollments · record as of 27 Jul 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 641824

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 6 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (CANDICE SETTLE) is listed on 6 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)

AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN ARKANSAS, INC

STE 2 · Incorporated Jun 23, 1977

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Owners and managing parties of record

JIM PETTY

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Oct 22, 2020

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

RICKY R GREEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 25, 2019

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

CANDICE SETTLE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Feb 25, 2021

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

ROBERT HERRERA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 27, 2017

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

JAKE SIBLEY

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 28, 2021

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

CHARLES CRAFT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 25, 2015

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

JENNIFER HALLUM

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Sep 3, 2015

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

JENNIFER HALLUM

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 3, 2015

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

PHILLIP MERRY

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 28, 2021

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

SHARON BROOKS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Feb 23, 2011

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

DANA CALLAWAY

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 22, 2016

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

DANA CALLAWAY

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Jun 22, 2016

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

MONT SAGELY

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Feb 23, 2023

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

DOUG KINSLOW

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 27, 2017

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

T.R. MCNUTT

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 28, 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 6 providers

Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 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)5,802 records5,000 added · 1 changed · 0 removedpublisher data as of 27 Jul 2026

Records read from this file

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameAREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN ARKANSAS, INCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1932166402CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number041502CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID5991707127CMS 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 date1979-06-21CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationARCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address3600 WHEELER AVE, STE 2CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityFORT SMITHCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateARCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP729016621CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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