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OpenScore 40

PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

Doing business as HOSPICE OF PELLA, THE COMFORT HOUSE

505 UNION ST, PELLA, IA, 502191719

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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)

PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

Incorporated Jun 1, 1958

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Owners and managing parties of record

PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · O · 100% ownership · since Sep 19, 1996

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

PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · O · 100% ownership · since Sep 19, 1996

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

ROBERT D KROESE

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 100% ownership · since Nov 21, 2007

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

STEPHEN AMBROSE BARNES

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Jan 1, 2020

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

RANDALL C STRAVERS

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Jan 1, 2017

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

RODNEY O BRAUN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Jan 1, 2013

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

MICHAEL P MORGAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Jan 1, 2014

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

MARY LOU GLENDENING

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% 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

LESLIE JOHNSTON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Apr 1, 2020

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

CRAIG ALLEN WITTENBERG

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Apr 1, 2002

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

RICHARD DALE POSTHUMA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Jul 1, 2019

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

TRAVIS TURNBULL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Sep 1, 2019

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

CHAD LOREN HUYSER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Feb 1, 2019

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

JAMES M BRANDL

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · 9.1% ownership · since Jan 1, 2018

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

BRUCE ALAN HEIFNER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Feb 9, 2015

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

BRUCE ALAN HEIFNER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Feb 9, 2015

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

ROBERT D KROESE

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Nov 21, 2007

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

  • PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTERNPI 1215979208 · certification 161538 · 505 UNION ST, PELLA, IA
  • PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTERsame street address in the same file

CMS Hospice All Owners

background detail only

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 namePELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTERCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameHOSPICE OF PELLA, THE COMFORT HOUSECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1215979208CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number161538CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID9931005873CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeOTHERCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Incorporation date1958-06-01CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationIACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address505 UNION STCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityPELLACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateIACMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP502191719CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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