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Moderate
OpenScore 40

COZAD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Doing business as CENTRAL PLAINS HOSPICE

835 MERIDIAN AVE, COZAD, NE, 691301754

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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)

COZAD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

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Owners and managing parties of record

ROBERT J DYER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Feb 8, 2022

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

ROBERT J DYER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Feb 8, 2022

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

ROBERT J DYER

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Feb 8, 2022

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

MATTHEW D BURKHOLDER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since May 23, 2006

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

MATTHEW D BURKHOLDER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Feb 28, 2006

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

WENDY LYNN THOME

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Nov 18, 2011

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

WENDY LYNN THOME

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Nov 18, 2011

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

CYNTHIA M FINNEGAN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since May 22, 2018

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

ALAN J SVAJGR

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since May 25, 2010

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

LINDA R BENJAMIN

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 24, 2014

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

LINDA R BENJAMIN

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Dec 17, 2013

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

BILL C WILKINSON

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Jun 23, 2022

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

BILL C WILKINSON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since May 22, 2018

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

STEPHEN G NEMETH

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Apr 24, 2009

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

STEPHEN G NEMETH

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since Apr 24, 2009

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

LISA M HUNKE

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since May 1, 2001

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

LISA M HUNKE

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · I · since May 1, 2001

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

  • COZAD COMMUNITY HOSPITALNPI 1801838800 · certification 281516 · 835 MERIDIAN AVE, COZAD, NE
  • COZAD COMMUNITY HOSPITALsame 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 nameCOZAD COMMUNITY HOSPITALCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameCENTRAL PLAINS HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1801838800CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number281516CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID6507810389CMS 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
Street address835 MERIDIAN AVECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityCOZADCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateNECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP691301754CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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