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Moderate
OpenScore 40

REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY

Doing business as HOWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPICE

402 2ND AVE SE, CRESCO, IA, 521361816

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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)

REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY

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Owners and managing parties of record

JEREMY C JOHNSTON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Sep 22, 2017

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

CHARLES L MALEK

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 19, 2022

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

DARLENE A VSETECKA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 0% ownership · since Jul 19, 2022

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

SANDRA CHILSON

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Apr 25, 2024

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

SANDRA CHILSON

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Apr 25, 2024

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

MIKE W MAHR

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 2, 2013

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

ROBIN M SCHLUTER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 17, 2012

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

ROBIN M SCHLUTER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Dec 17, 2012

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

JOHN WACHA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2011

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

BRANDON T BREVIG

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Feb 9, 2022

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

DONALD J RECKER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Feb 23, 2015

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

HELEN J KAPLER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 4, 2012

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

SANDRA CHILSON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 25, 2024

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

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cms_hospice_payments

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Where every detail came from

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DetailValuePublished fileRecord as ofPulledVersion
Legal nameREGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTYCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameHOWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1548364813CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number161551CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID1153238977CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeGOVERNMENTCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address402 2ND AVE SECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityCRESCOCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateIACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP521361816CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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