Screening in Florida

How ezOIG screens in Florida

Florida's programs

• NURSE REGISTRY

  Nurse Registry (licensed under § 400.506, F.S.)

  Registries that refer independent-contractor RNs, LPNs, CNAs, home health aides, homemakers and companions to private homes and facilities; every person referred is Level 2 screened, and nurses' licences and CNAs' certifications are confirmed with the Department of Health.

  6 required checks, 6 screened by ezOIG

• HOMEMAKER

  Homemaker and Companion Services (registered under § 400.509, F.S.)

  Non-medical in-home homemaker and companion providers registered with AHCA, including those delivering SMMC long-term care homemaker and companion services; Level 2 screening covers employees and contractors with client contact.

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG

• ALF / AFCH

  Assisted Living Facility and Adult Family-Care Home (ch. 429, parts I and II, F.S.)

  Licensed assisted living facilities (including SMMC long-term care assisted living) and adult family-care homes, merged because their screening rules are the same; ALF staff, including contracted staff, and the AFCH provider, relief person, staff and adult household members are Level 2 screened.

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• ADULT DAY CARE

  Adult Day Care Center (ch. 429, part III, F.S.)

  Licensed adult day care centers, including those delivering SMMC long-term care adult day health care; Level 2 screening covers staff who give personal care or have access to participants' funds, property or living areas.

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG

• IBUDGET (APD)

  iBudget Florida waiver and APD-licensed residential facilities and adult day training (Agency for Persons with Disabilities)

  Developmental Disabilities Individual Budgeting (iBudget) waiver providers, support coordinators, and staff and volunteers of APD-licensed group homes, foster homes and adult day training programs; Level 2 screening covers direct service providers unrelated to their clients.

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• PDO / CDC+

  Consumer-directed care: SMMC long-term care Participant Direction Option (PDO) and Consumer-Directed Care Plus (CDC+)

  Workers an enrollee or representative hires directly under the SMMC long-term care Participant Direction Option or APD's CDC+ program; everyone who renders care, family members included, is Level 2 screened.

  1 required check, 1 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• ELDER SERVICES

  Elder services programs (Department of Elder Affairs: Older Americans Act, Community Care for the Elderly, Home Care for the Elderly, ADI, RELIEF)

  Direct service providers of programs serving elders through DOEA, area agencies on aging and lead agencies (in-home and personal care, adult day care, case management, meals and others), volunteers included; relatives and DOH-licensed professionals screened for their licence are exempt.

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

Federal core programs

• HOME HEALTH

  Home Health Agency (licensed under ch. 400, part III, F.S.)

  AHCA-licensed home health agencies, Medicare-certified or not, including Medicaid home health services; Level 2 screening covers every employee or contractor who gives personal care or has access to clients' funds, property or living areas.

  5 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• HOSPICE

  Hospice (licensed under ch. 400, part IV, F.S.)

  AHCA-licensed hospices; Level 2 screening covers employees and contractors who give personal care or have access to patients' funds, property or living areas.

  5 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• NURSING FACILITY

  Nursing Home (licensed under ch. 400, part II, F.S.)

  AHCA-licensed nursing homes; Level 2 screening covers employees and contractors who give personal care or have access to residents' funds, property or living areas, and nursing assistants must be certified CNAs.

  6 required checks, 6 screened by ezOIG

State Medicaid exclusion lists

• AHCA final order database: Medicaid Sanctioned Providers Agency for Health Care Administration Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Nurse Registry, Homemaker, ALF / AFCH, Adult Day Care and iBudget (APD)
  SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check

Sex offender registries

• Florida Sexual Offender and Predator Registry Florida Department of Law Enforcement Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Nurse Registry, Homemaker, ALF / AFCH, Adult Day Care, iBudget (APD), PDO / CDC+ and Elder Services
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check

Nurse aide registries

• Certified Nursing Assistant registry (Board of Nursing), MQA License Verification Florida Department of Health, Board of Nursing Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility and Nurse Registry
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check

Licenses

• MQA License Verification (health care practitioners) Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Nurse Registry, ALF / AFCH and iBudget (APD)
  SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification

Other registries

• Florida Career Offender Registry (COAST) Florida Department of Law Enforcement Named by Elder Services
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Offender registry search

• 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