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Moderate
OpenScore 40

REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY

Doing business as COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES

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 Home Health Agency Enrollments · record as of 27 Jul 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · c6841a

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

HELEN J KAPLER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Sep 4, 2012

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

CHARLES L MALEK

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 19, 2022

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

SANDRA CHILSON

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Apr 25, 2024

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

SANDRA CHILSON

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

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

SANDRA CHILSON

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

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

MIKE W MAHR

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 2, 2013

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

ROBIN M SCHLUTER

CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · since Dec 17, 2012

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

ROBIN M SCHLUTER

CORPORATE OFFICER · I · since Dec 17, 2012

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

JOHN WACHA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jan 1, 2011

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

BRANDON T BREVIG

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

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

DARLENE A VSETECKA

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jul 19, 2022

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

DONALD J RECKER

CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Feb 23, 2015

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.

  • 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

CMS Home Health Agency All Owners

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Weekly refreshes

  • 18 Sept 2026 (in use)101,188 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026

Records read from this 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 nameREGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTYCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Trading nameCOMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICESCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
NPI1356445456CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Medicare certification number167077CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CMS associate ID1153238977CMS 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 typeOTHERCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
Street address402 2ND AVE SECMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
CityCRESCOCMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
StateIACMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a
ZIP521361816CMS Home Health Agency EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · c6841a

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