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Moderate
OpenScore 40

VALLEY HOME CARE INC.

Doing business as VALLEY HOSPICE

15 ESSEX RD 301, PARAMUS, NJ, 076521457

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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)

VALLEY HOME CARE INC.

Incorporated Jan 24, 1986

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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.

  • 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

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 nameVALLEY HOME CARE INC.CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Trading nameVALLEY HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
NPI1457316770CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Medicare certification number311522CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CMS associate ID5991833105CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Provider typePART A PROVIDER - HOSPICECMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Organisation typeCORPORATIONCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Incorporation date1986-01-24CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
State of incorporationNJCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
Street address15 ESSEX RD 301CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
CityPARAMUSCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
StateNJCMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824
ZIP076521457CMS Hospice EnrollmentsJul 27, 2026Sep 18, 20262026-09-18 · 641824

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