ALABAMA · CARE PROGRAM
Hospice
Employees and contracted staff with direct patient contact or access to patient records; hospices are licensed by ADPH under Ala. Admin. Code ch. 420-5-17.
- Registries named
- 8
- Required
- 6
- Expected
- 2
- Screened by ezOIG
- 4 of 8
- Rules checked
- October 16, 2026
Required checks
Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agencyList of Excluded Individuals/Entities
HHS Office of Inspector General
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list- WHEN
- MONTHLY At hire and monthly
- BASIS
- Alabama Medicaid Provider Manual ch. 7, § 7.3.1; Alabama Medicaid Agency, Suspended Providers page
Any provider participating or applying to participate in the Medicaid program must search Medicaid’s Exclusion List, the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE), and the System for Award Management (SAM) website on a monthly basis to determine if any existing employee or contractor has been excluded from participation in the Medicaid program.
Read the source medicaid.alabama.gov
Alabama Medicaid List of Suspended Providers (Provider Sanction List)
Alabama Medicaid Agency, Program Integrity Division
SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check- WHEN
- MONTHLY At hire and monthly
- BASIS
- Alabama Medicaid Provider Manual ch. 7, § 7.3.1; Alabama Medicaid Agency, Suspended Providers page
Any provider participating or applying to participate in the Medicaid program must search Medicaid’s Exclusion List, the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE), and the System for Award Management (SAM) website on a monthly basis to determine if any existing employee or contractor has been excluded from participation in the Medicaid program.
Read the source medicaid.alabama.gov
Alabama Background Check (ABC) System
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account- WHEN
- AT HIRE Within 3 months of hire, for staff who lived or worked in Alabama in the past 3 years (the federal default; Alabama's hospice rules set no timing)
- BASIS
- 42 CFR 418.114(d)(1)-(2); Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-17-.06 has no background check rule
The hospice must obtain a criminal background check on all hospice employees who have direct patient contact or access to patient records.
Read the source ecfr.gov
Alabama Elder and Adult in Need of Protective Services Abuse Registry
Alabama Department of Human Resources, Office of Adult Protective Services
NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire; staff and volunteers with one-on-one contact hired on or after 1 January 2023
- BASIS
- Act 2022-161 (Shirley's Law) § 7, Ala. Code § 38-9G-1 et seq.; Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-5-41-.07
A service provider shall query the Alabama Elder and Adult in Need of Protective Services Abuse Registry with regard to an individual who is an employee or prospective employee of the provider
Read the source alison.legislature.state.al.us
Alabama Board of Nursing License Lookup
Alabama Board of Nursing
NOT SCREENED YET Paid access- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, nurses; again at each renewal
- BASIS
- 42 CFR 418.114(a); Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-17-.06
all professionals who furnish services directly, under an individual contract, or under arrangements with a hospice, must be legally authorized (licensed, certified or registered) in accordance with applicable Federal, State and local laws
Read the source ecfr.gov
SAM.gov exclusions
General Services Administration
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov- WHEN
- MONTHLY At hire and monthly
- BASIS
- Alabama Medicaid Provider Manual ch. 7, § 7.3.1; Alabama Medicaid Agency, Suspended Providers page
Any provider participating or applying to participate in the Medicaid program must search Medicaid’s Exclusion List, the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE), and the System for Award Management (SAM) website on a monthly basis to determine if any existing employee or contractor has been excluded from participation in the Medicaid program.
Read the source medicaid.alabama.gov
Expected checks
Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outrightAlabama Certified Nurse Aide Registry
Alabama Department of Public Health, Division of Health Care Facilities
SCREENED BY EZOIG Checked against the published list of nurse aides with findings; certification is not verified- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, aides qualified through a state nurse aide program
- BASIS
- 42 CFR 418.76(a)(1)(iii): such aides must be listed in good standing
Alabama Sex Offender Registry (ALEA Community Information Center)
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire
- BASIS
- Standard practice; Alabama names it for waiver in-home staff
Also required
Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these- Criminal check in every other state lived or worked in during the past 3 years, which Alabama's own check does not cover (42 CFR 418.114(d)(2))
- Hospice aide training and competency evaluation (42 CFR 418.76)
Why some registries are not screened yet
- The registry blocks automated access
- The registry's website turns away automated lookups. We don't work around that, so for now your staff search it themselves.
- Requires an employer account
- Searches go through the employer's own account with the agency, so ezOIG doesn't run them for you.
- Checked by request to the agency
- The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.
- Paid access
- The agency charges for access, and ezOIG doesn't include it yet.
Guidance, not legal advice
This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Alabama's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 16, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Alabama Medicaid Agency or your own counsel before relying on it.
Screen for Alabama Hospice.
Choose this program when you set up your organization, and ezOIG runs the registries it screens on your schedule.