Screening in District of Columbia

How ezOIG screens in District of Columbia

District of Columbia's programs

• PCA

  Personal Care Aide (PCA) Services, State Plan and EPD Waiver

  Personal care aides, employed or through a staffing agency, of the licensed home care agencies (also Medicare home health agencies) that deliver Medicaid PCA services under 29 DCMR Chapter 50; EPD Waiver PCA follows the same rules (29 DCMR § 4226).

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• HOME SUPPORT

  Home Support Agency (non-medical personal care)

  Home health aides and other employees of a home support agency licensed under 22-B DCMR Chapter 99 to provide personal care services without skilled nursing.

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• EPD WAIVER

  EPD Waiver In-Home Services (Homemaker, Chore Aide, Respite)

  Direct care staff of the home care agencies and licensed housekeeping businesses that deliver Elderly and Persons with Physical Disabilities Waiver services under 29 DCMR Chapter 42; waiver PCA, adult day health and assisted living follow their own programs.

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• SERVICES MY WAY

  Services My Way (EPD Waiver participant-directed workers)

  Participant-directed workers employed by EPD Waiver participants; the participant and the VF/EA FMS-Support Broker each verify a worker's qualifications before hire and payroll enrollment (29 DCMR §§ 4249.7, 4249.8).

  0 required checks, 0 screened by ezOIG · 4 expected

• ADHP

  Adult Day Health Program (ADHP)

  Direct support professionals and licensed staff of Medicaid adult day health programs under 29 DCMR Chapter 97, State Plan and EPD Waiver alike (29 DCMR § 4241).

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• ASSISTED LIVING

  Assisted Living Residence (ALR)

  Employees and contract workers of an assisted living residence licensed under D.C. Code § 44-101.01 et seq. and 22-B DCMR Chapter 101, including EPD Waiver assisted living (29 DCMR § 4237).

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• IDD WAIVER

  IDD Waiver Services (Department on Disability Services)

  Direct support professionals, volunteers and licensed staff of DDS-certified providers of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Waiver (29 DCMR Chapter 19), including residential habilitation in licensed group homes (CRFPIDs, 22-B DCMR Chapter 35).

  2 required checks, 1 screened by ezOIG · 4 expected

Federal core programs

• HOME HEALTH

  Home Care Agency (Home Health Agency)

  Employees and contract workers with direct patient access in a home care agency licensed under 22-B DCMR Chapter 39, which is how DC licenses Medicare home health agencies.

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• HOSPICE

  Hospice

  Employees and contract workers with direct patient access in a hospice licensed under D.C. Law 5-48 (D.C. Code § 44-501); the federal conditions of participation and 22-B DCMR Chapter 47 set the screening.

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• NURSING FACILITY

  Nursing Facility (Nursing Home)

  Employees and contract workers with direct resident access in a nursing home licensed under 22-B DCMR Chapter 32 and certified under 42 CFR 483, with registry verification for every nurse aide.

  4 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

Nurse aide registries

• DC Nurse Aide Registry (CNA Registry) DC Health, Board of Nursing (registry run by Credentia) Named by Nursing Facility
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches

Licenses

• Licensure Lookup Portal (Verify a License) DC Health, Health Regulation and Licensing Administration Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, PCA, Home Support, EPD Waiver, ADHP, Assisted Living and IDD Waiver
  SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification

Abuse and misconduct registries

• Certified Nurse Aide Abuse Registry DC Health, Board of Nursing Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, PCA, Home Support, EPD Waiver, Services My Way, ADHP, Assisted Living and IDD Waiver
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Read with the nurse aide registry check

Child abuse registries

• Child Protection Register (CPR) check Child and Family Services Agency Named by IDD Waiver
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

Also screened

No District of Columbia program's rules name these, and ezOIG screens them anyway.

• Excluded Parties List Office of Contracting and Procurement
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Read with the state's exclusion list check
• Sex Offender Registry Metropolitan Police Department, Sex Offender Registry Unit
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check

• List of Excluded Individuals/Entities HHS Office of Inspector General
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
• SAM.gov exclusions General Services Administration
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
• Specially Designated Nationals list U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sanctions check against the Treasury's SDN list
• National Sex Offender Public Website U.S. Department of Justice
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches