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ARIZONA · CARE PROGRAM

Hospice

Hospice employees and contracted staff with direct patient contact; Arizona's fingerprint and APS statute (A.R.S. § 36-411) does not name hospices.

HOSPICE · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
2
Expected
4
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 6
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
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly; the agreement's monthly checks name owners, agents and managing employees, and it bars employing any excluded individual
    BASIS
    AHCCCS Provider Participation Agreement (PEP-202.8, rev 02/2026) ¶ 27, incorporating 42 CFR 455.436 and CMS SMDL 09-001

    has confirmed the identity and reported the exclusion status of any person with an ownership or control interest or any person who is an agent or managing employee of the Provider through monthly checks of Federal databases as outlined in 42 CFR §455.436.

    Read the source azahcccs.gov

  2. Nurse licence verification (RN, LPN, APRN)

    Arizona State Board of Nursing (published through NCSBN Nursys)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, all professionals; kept current
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.114(a); A.A.C. R9-10-606(B)(3)(d)

    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

Expected checks

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

  1. AHCCCS State Exclusion List

    AHCCCS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    AHCCCS does not reimburse services furnished by a state-excluded person (A.R.S. § 36-2930.05(E)); no rule names the search

    "exclude" means that items and services furnished, ordered or prescribed by a specified individual or entity will not be reimbursed by the administration, a contractor or any agent of the administration or a contractor.

    Read the source azleg.gov

  2. Adult Protective Services Registry

    Arizona Department of Economic Security, Adult Protective Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire and annually, staff serving AHCCCS members at home
    BASIS
    AHCCCS Minimum Subcontract Provisions § 1 covers personnel serving members in their homes; hospice is not named

    The search of the APS Registry shall be conducted at the time of hire/initial contract and annually thereafter.

    Read the source azahcccs.gov

  3. Arizona Nurse Aide Registry (CNA and LNA)

    Arizona State Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, aides qualifying through a nurse aide program
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.76(a)(1)(iii) accepts registry good standing as one route for hospice aides

    is currently listed in good standing on the State nurse aide registry

    Read the source ecfr.gov

  4. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for AHCCCS providers; the Provider Participation Agreement's monthly federal database checks (42 CFR 455.436) name it for owners, agents and managing employees only

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check on employees with direct patient contact or access to records; with no Arizona hospice rule found, within three months of hire covering every state lived or worked in for three years (42 CFR 418.114(d))
  • Evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis (A.A.C. R9-10-606(A)(7))
  • 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.
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.
Requires an employer account
Searches go through the employer's own account with the agency, so ezOIG doesn't run them for you.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Arizona'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 Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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