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OpenScore 290

HCS CERTIFIED HOME CARE NY INC.

Doing business as GIRLING HEALTH CARE OF NEW YORK

2003 CONEY ISLAND AVE, BROOKLYN, NY, 112232328

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Why this was flagged

Critical
Billing far above peers

Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers

In 2024 Medicare paid this provider $75,703,031, against a typical payment of $899,466 for the same kind of provider that year. High volume can be legitimate, but extreme outliers are where billing fraud shows up.

Source Medicare Home Health Payments by Provider · record as of 11 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · 31bbc0

Moderate
Owner cluster

Owner is tied to 6 providers

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

Owners and managing parties of record

JEFFREY SHEMIA

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 51% ownership · since Jun 30, 2014

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

AGNES SHEMIA

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · I · 49% ownership · since Jun 30, 2014

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

MAX R LAFER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 5% ownership · since Apr 30, 2024

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

ARTHUR J BYRD

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 2% ownership · since Apr 30, 2024

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

JEFFREY SHEMIA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 30, 2014

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

JEFFREY SHEMIA

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 30, 2014

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

AGNES SHEMIA

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 30, 2014

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

AGNES SHEMIA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 30, 2014

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.

CMS Home Health Agency All Owners

1 flag
  • Owner is tied to 6 providers

Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

Medicare Home Health Payments by Provider

1 flag
  • Medicare paid this provider far more than its peers

Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)8,609 recordspublisher data as of 11 Aug 2026

Records read from this file

CMS Home Health Agency Enrollments

background detail only

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

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 nameHCS CERTIFIED HOME CARE NY INC.CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Trading nameGIRLING HEALTH CARE OF NEW YORKCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
NPI1568886653CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Medicare certification number337243CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CMS associate ID3173748985CMS 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 date2012-07-06CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
State of incorporationNYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Street address2003 CONEY ISLAND AVECMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CityBROOKLYNCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
StateNYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
ZIP112232328CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a

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