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Moderate
OpenScore 40

FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH SERVICES, LLC

Doing business as FIRST CHOICE HOSPICE

1819 VIRGINIA AVE, HARRISONBURG, VA, 228028374

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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

Other providers at this street address (1)

FIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH SERVICES, LLC

Incorporated Aug 26, 2009

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Owners and managing parties of record

BRIDGEWATER HEALTHCARE, INC.

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 33% ownership · since Jan 1, 2015

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

VIRGINIA MENNONITE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY INC

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 33% ownership · since Jan 1, 2015

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

SUNNYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN HOME

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 33% ownership · since Jan 1, 2015

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

JAMES D KRAUSS

OTHER · I · 0% ownership · since Feb 23, 2023

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

MICHAEL J PIPER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2015

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

JAMES A WEAVER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2015

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

KENNETH R BOWARD

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2015

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

JOHN HENRY MONGER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Mar 1, 2020

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

ARLENE MCCAIN

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since May 6, 2025

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

DAVID J SMUCKER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 1, 2019

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

LEAH A QUEEN

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Apr 29, 2025

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

JOSHUA LYONS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Aug 1, 2020

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

RODNEY D ALDERFER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jan 1, 2015

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.

  • 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

CMS Hospice All Owners

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Weekly refreshes

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

Records read from this file

cms_hospice_payments

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Records read from this file

Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameFIRST CHOICE HOME HEALTH SERVICES, LLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameFIRST CHOICE HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1265839914CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number491620CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID4284730367CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeLLCCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Incorporation date2009-08-26CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationVACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address1819 VIRGINIA AVECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityHARRISONBURGCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateVACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP228028374CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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