Why this was flagged
Owner is tied to 17 providers
An owner or managing party of this provider (AVERA HEALTH) is listed on 17 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
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
Other providers at this street address (3)
AVERA AT HOME
Incorporated Jun 24, 1987
AVERA HOLY FAMILY
Incorporated —
AVERA HOLY FAMILY
Incorporated —
Owners and managing parties of record
DOREEN HARDY
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Apr 21, 2019
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
MATTHEW GERHARDT WINKELBAUER
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Jan 1, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
TIMOTHY DOUGHERTY
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Jan 1, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
GERALD BENINGA
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Jan 1, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
CHAD R THURY
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Jan 1, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DEBRA ANN STREIER
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 5% ownership · since Jan 1, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DOUGLAS R EKEREN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 2% ownership · since Jan 1, 2022
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
NATHAN BRAND
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 16, 2017
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
KAREN GALLAGHER
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
RHONDA J WIERING
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Dec 1, 2013
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
CURTIS JOHN HOHMAN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2013
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
THOMAS CLARK
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2013
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DEBRA ANN KOLECKA
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2013
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SANDRA DIANE DIELEMAN
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jul 1, 2013
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
SANDRA DIANE DIELEMAN
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2013
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DORIS M DERYNCK
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 1, 2013
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
AVERA HEALTH
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · since Nov 1, 2013
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 17 providers
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- DOREEN HARDYW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 100% share · since 2019-04-21
- MATTHEW GERHARDT WINKELBAUERCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 5% share · since 2022-01-01
- TIMOTHY DOUGHERTYCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 5% share · since 2022-01-01
- GERALD BENINGACORPORATE DIRECTOR · 5% share · since 2022-01-01
- CHAD R THURYCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 5% share · since 2022-01-01
- DEBRA ANN STREIERCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 5% share · since 2022-01-01
- DOUGLAS R EKERENCORPORATE DIRECTOR · 2% share · since 2022-01-01
- NATHAN BRANDCORPORATE OFFICER · 0% share · since 2017-07-16
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
- AVERA AT HOMENPI 1952405516 · certification 161501 · 826 N 8TH ST, ESTHERVILLE, IA
- AVERA AT HOMEsame street address in the same file
- AVERA HOLY FAMILYsame street address in the same file
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Avera At Home — 2024$885,144 paid · 86 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 | AVERA AT HOME | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Trading name | AVERA@HOME | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1952405516 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 161501 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 8820224280 | 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 | CORPORATION | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Incorporation date | 1987-06-24 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | SD | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 826 N 8TH ST | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | ESTHERVILLE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | IA | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 513341528 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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