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Moderate
OpenScore 80

PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Doing business as PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HOME HEALTH AGENCY

15295 E 127TH ST, LEMONT, IL, 604397405

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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 6 providers

An owner or managing party of this provider (DEAN M HARRISON) 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

Other providers at this street address (1)

PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Incorporated May 2, 1938

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Owners and managing parties of record

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Nov 6, 2020

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

JOSE CARLOS GONZALEZ-MENDEZ

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

BAHRAM GHADERI

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2025

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

JAMES ZALLIE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

MICHAEL J LEONARD

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

CAROL L BERNICK

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

BEATRICE CORREA RIVERA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 22, 2025

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

IKECHUKWU I CHINEME

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2025

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

MICHAEL J MULLEN

CORPORATE OFFICER · 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

AARON S EPSTEIN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2024

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

JOHN J GUIDO

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2024

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

DEAN M HARRISON

CORPORATE OFFICER · 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

DEAN M HARRISON

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

KERMIT R CRAWFORD

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

MICHAEL V VIVODA

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Sep 1, 2023

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

MICHAEL V VIVODA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2023

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

MICHAEL V VIVODA

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Sep 1, 2023

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

HOWARD B CHRISMAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2023

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

THOMAS A CAREY

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

WILLIAM P FLESCH

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

MICHELE C MONTPETIT

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2024

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

CHARLES RUTH

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

JOSEPH R CRANE

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

SCOTT P SEROTA

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

FORREST R WHITTAKER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

JAMES THORPE

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

KEVIN POORTEN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

SCOTT L GWILLIAM

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

STEPHEN L DAVIS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

ANTHONY K KESMAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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

DEBORAH S SARAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 1, 2022

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 6 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

  • PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITALNPI 1790750016 · certification 147470 · 15295 E 127TH ST, LEMONT, IL
  • PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITALsame street address in the same file

cms_home_health_payments

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal namePALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITALCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Trading namePALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HOME HEALTH AGENCYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
NPI1790750016CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Medicare certification number147470CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CMS associate ID6305753153CMS 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 date1938-05-02CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
State of incorporationILCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Street address15295 E 127TH STCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CityLEMONTCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
StateILCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
ZIP604397405CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a

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