Compassion North America is a home health agency located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Iowa Board of Nursing recently found that an unlicensed nurse worked at the agency and that “fraudulent practices” occurred there related to billing and records. Those findings are now being appealed to district court. (Building photo via Google Earth; document excerpt from the Iowa Board of Nursing)
State regulators say they have never inspected and are not investigating a home health agency alleged to have falsified records, billed for services never delivered and used an unlicensed nurse.
State records show that Compassion North America, a home health provider based in Cedar Rapids, was incorporated in 2017 with M’balu Madlene Kebbie, a registered nurse, as its director, but was not licensed by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing until September 2024…