Why this was flagged
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)
VALLEY HOME CARE INC.
Incorporated Jan 24, 1986
Owners and managing parties of record
JOSETTE PORTALATIN
CORPORATE OFFICER · I · 5% ownership · since Nov 1, 2020
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
MICHELLE RESTREPO
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · I · 5% ownership · since May 21, 2018
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
KATHRYN YEOMANS
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 5, 2014
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DENISE RATCLIFFE
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 5, 2008
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
PAULETTE LAURENZI
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 1, 2011
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
BARRY POSKANZER
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 4, 2015
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
KATHLEEN BURKE
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2011
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DAVID F LUDWIG
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
CYNTHIA J HALABY
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 7, 2012
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
STEVEN L NICKLES
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 6, 2013
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
ANNE GOHEEN CRANE
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 5, 2014
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
ROBERT W BRENNER
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
JOHN W ALBOHM
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 2, 2016
Source CMS Hospice All Owners · record as of 19 Aug 2026 · pulled 18 Sept 2026 · version 2026-09-18 · ed1513
DONALD E STRANGFELD
CORPORATE DIRECTOR · I · since Jun 4, 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.
CMS Hospice Enrollments
- 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
- VALLEY HOME CARE INC.NPI 1457316770 · certification 311522 · 15 ESSEX RD 301, PARAMUS, NJ
- VALLEY HOME CARE INC.same street address in the same file
CMS Hospice All Owners
Weekly refreshes
- 18 Sept 2026 (in use)70,444 recordspublisher data as of 19 Aug 2026
Records read from this file
- JOSETTE PORTALATINCORPORATE OFFICER · 5% share · since 2020-11-01
- MICHELLE RESTREPOW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 5% share · since 2018-05-21
- KATHRYN YEOMANSCORPORATE DIRECTOR · since 2014-06-05
- DENISE RATCLIFFECORPORATE DIRECTOR · since 2008-06-05
- PAULETTE LAURENZICORPORATE DIRECTOR · since 2011-06-01
- BARRY POSKANZERCORPORATE DIRECTOR · since 2015-06-04
- KATHLEEN BURKECORPORATE DIRECTOR · since 2011-06-02
- DAVID F LUDWIGCORPORATE DIRECTOR · since 2016-06-02
cms_hospice_payments
No completed weekly pull is recorded for this file yet.
Records read from this file
- Valley Hospice — 2024$21,908,593 paid · 1,554 patients
Where every detail came from
Each value below is traced to the published file it was read from, the day we downloaded it, and the weekly version it belongs to. Open the link to check the original record yourself.
| Detail | Value | Published file | Record as of | Pulled | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal name | VALLEY HOME CARE INC. | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Trading name | VALLEY HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| NPI | 1457316770 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Medicare certification number | 311522 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| CMS associate ID | 5991833105 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Provider type | PART A PROVIDER - HOSPICE | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Organisation type | CORPORATION | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Incorporation date | 1986-01-24 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State of incorporation | NJ | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| Street address | 15 ESSEX RD 301 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| City | PARAMUS | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| State | NJ | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
| ZIP | 076521457 | CMS Hospice Enrollments | Jul 27, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026-09-18 · 641824 |
What changed
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