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Consumer Directed Personal Support (EDWP and ICWP)

Workers a member hires and directs under the EDWP (CCSP/SOURCE) and ICWP consumer directed options, paid through the Fiscal Intermediary. No licensed facility employs them, so the Long-term Care registry check does not apply; the manuals require a GCHEXS fingerprint check only.

CONSUMER DIRECT · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
0
Expected
4
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 4
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

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

None for this program.

Expected checks

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

  1. List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

    HHS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Medicaid cannot pay excluded individuals (42 CFR 1001.1901); DCH's monthly search duty binds enrolled providers such as the Fiscal Intermediary, but no rule names it for consumer-employed workers

  2. Georgia OIG Exclusions List (Georgia Medicaid Exclusion List)

    Georgia Department of Community Health, Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Practice for Georgia Medicaid; DCH's exclusion search duty is written for enrolled providers' employees and contractors

  3. Georgia Caregiver Registry

    Georgia Department of Community Health, Office of Inspector General (Background Investigations Unit)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Credential verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before the worker starts; confirm the eligible GCHEXS determination
    BASIS
    Every consumer direct worker needs a GCHEXS fingerprint determination (EDWP Personal Support Services Manual § 1414.1.12; ICWP Manual); DCH tells providers and case managers to read HCBS determinations on the Caregiver Registry

    Provider/Case Managers, you do not need access to GCHEXS to retrieve the eligibility determination. You will access the caregiver’s determination on the Caregiver Registry

    Read the source dch.georgia.gov

  4. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Practice for Georgia Medicaid; DCH names SAM for enrolled providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based background check through GCHEXS before services begin, paid by the Fiscal Intermediary for up to five hires a year per member (EDWP Personal Support Services Manual §§ 1412.3, 1414.1.12; ICWP Manual)
  • No felony conviction and no history of abuse, neglect or exploitation (EDWP Personal Support Services Manual § 1412)
  • Physical with TB test or screening at hire, then yearly symptom screening (EDWP Personal Support Services Manual § 1412.10)
  • Age 18 or older; CPR and first aid certification (EDWP Personal Support Services Manual §§ 1412.1, 1414.1.11)

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Georgia'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 Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH), Division of Medical Assistance Plans or your own counsel before relying on it.

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