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Home Health Agency

Owners, staff, contractors and unsupervised volunteers of agencies licensed under AS 47.32 and 7 AAC 12.500-.590.

HOME HEALTH · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
6
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 7
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agency

  1. List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

    HHS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, by the Background Check Program; routinely after, as Medicaid Program Integrity asks
    BASIS
    7 AAC 10.915(a)(3)

    the department will screen a request for a background check through ... (3) the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) that the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General maintains

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  2. Alaska Medical Assistance Excluded Provider List

    Alaska Department of Health, Medicaid Program Integrity

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, as a barrier condition in the background check; routinely after, as Medicaid Program Integrity asks
    BASIS
    7 AAC 10.905(f)(2)(B)

    the following are conditions that are inconsistent with the standards for protection of public health, safety, and welfare and constitute a 10-year barrier: ... placement on one or more of the following lists or registries ... (B) the Alaska Medical Assistance Excluded Provider List maintained under AS 47.05.240

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  3. Sex Offender/Child Kidnapper Registry

    Alaska Department of Public Safety

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, by the department's Background Check Program; again at each five-year renewal
    BASIS
    7 AAC 10.915(a)(2)

    the department will screen a request for a background check through ... (2) the Alaska Sex Offender/Child Kidnapper Registry that the Department of Public Safety maintains under AS 18.65.087

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  4. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, as a barrier condition in the background check; again at each five-year renewal
    BASIS
    7 AAC 10.905(f)(2)(C)

    constitute a 10-year barrier: ... placement on one or more of the following lists or registries ... (C) the United States Department of Justice's Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW)

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  5. Registry of Certified Nurse Aides

    Alaska Board of Nursing (Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Home health aides, before they provide services; the Background Check Program also screens every applicant
    BASIS
    7 AAC 12.519(a)(1)(B); 7 AAC 10.915(a)(1)

    by a home health aide who ... (B) does not appear in the registry of certified nurse aides under AS 08.68.333 as having committed abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property in connection with employment as a nurse aide

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  6. Professional License Search

    Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, staff and contractors who must hold a licence
    BASIS
    7 AAC 12.541(b)(2)

    (b) An agency shall ... (2) contact the appropriate licensing authority to verify the employment background of potential employees or contractors who are required to hold a license to practice

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

Expected checks

Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outright

  1. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire; periodically after (standard practice)
    BASIS
    Standard practice for Alaska Medicaid providers; no Alaska rule names SAM

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based Alaska (APSIN) and FBI criminal history check through the Background Check Program before hire (AS 47.05.310(e); 7 AAC 10.910(b)(3))
  • Civil history review by the department: child and vulnerable-adult protective findings, Medicaid fraud and licence actions (AS 47.05.325, 47.05.330; 7 AAC 10.905(f)(3))
  • Background check valid five years while the name stays marked in APSIN; the provider verifies it at association and annually (7 AAC 10.910(c)-(d))
  • Screen applicants to prevent employing anyone convicted of abuse, neglect, mistreatment or misappropriation (7 AAC 12.541(b)(1))
  • Home health aide certification and competency evaluation (7 AAC 12.519(a)(1), (f); 42 CFR 484.80)
  • Employee health program with baseline TB screening before the first day (7 AAC 12.571, 12.650)

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.
The registry's terms forbid automated searches
The registry's terms, or the law behind it, rule out automated or third-party searches, so ezOIG doesn't run them.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Alaska's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Alaska Department of Health (Division of Health Care Services; Senior and Disabilities Services) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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