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Home Health Agency

Agency staff who provide services in patients' homes, under the IDOH licence rules (410 IAC 17) and the home health criminal history law (IC 16-27-2).

HOME HEALTH · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
3
Expected
4
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 7
Rules checked
October 16, 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 hiring or contracting, then periodically
    BASIS
    IHCP Provider Reference Module, Provider Enrollment, Section 6, 'Screening for Excluded Individuals' (all IHCP providers)

    All providers are obligated to screen potential employees and contractors to determine whether they are excluded individuals prior to hiring or contracting them and on a periodic basis thereafter. ... Screen all employees and contractors to determine whether any of them have been excluded. Providers can access the Exclusions Database at oig.hhs.gov

    Read the source in.gov

  2. Indiana Aides Registry (certified nurse aides, home health aides, qualified medication aides)

    Indiana Department of Health

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before patient contact, for home health aides; nobody with a registry finding may provide in-home services (IC 16-27-2-5)
    BASIS
    410 IAC 17-14-1(l); IC 16-27-2-5(a)(2)

    The home health agency shall be responsible for ensuring that, prior to patient contact, the individuals who furnish home health aide services on its behalf meet the requirements of this section as follows: (1) The home health aide shall: ... (B) be entered on and be in good standing on the state aide registry.

    Read the source iar.iga.in.gov

  3. License Lookup/Verification (mylicense.in.gov)

    Indiana Professional Licensing Agency

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire; a copy of the current licence, certification or registration is kept in the personnel record
    BASIS
    410 IAC 17-12-1(f)

    All employees caring for patients in Indiana shall be subject to Indiana licensure, certification, or registration required to perform the respective service. ... (4) A copy of current license, certification, or registration.

    Read the source iar.iga.in.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. Terminated Providers (Termination of Provider Participation in Medicaid and CHIP)

    Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire (no rule sets a cadence)
    BASIS
    Practice, not a rule: Indiana's only published list of for-cause Medicaid terminations (grounds include federal exclusion and adverse licensure action). No rule names employee screening against it, and FSSA calls it informational, not an exclusion list

    Note: This list reflects historical and current “for cause” terminations. This list is not an active or ongoing exclusionary list. It is intended solely for informational purposes.

    Read the source in.gov

  2. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Within 3 business days of starting work, when the agency uses the expanded criminal history check
    BASIS
    IC 16-27-2-4 and IC 20-26-2-1.5: part of the expanded criminal history check, one of the two checks the statute accepts (the other is a fingerprint-based national check, which does not include it)

    (F) check of sex offender registries in every state or the national sex offender registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice

    Read the source iga.in.gov

  3. Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry

    Indiana Department of Correction

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Within 3 business days of starting work, when the agency uses the expanded criminal history check
    BASIS
    IC 16-27-2-4 and IC 20-26-2-1.5: part of the expanded criminal history check, one of the two checks the statute accepts (the other is a fingerprint-based national check, which does not include it)

    (F) check of sex offender registries in every state or the national sex offender registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice

    Read the source iga.in.gov

  4. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    Standard practice for IHCP providers; FSSA screens enrolling providers against SAM, but no Indiana rule names SAM for staff

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • National criminal history background check (fingerprint-based, through the State Police) or expanded criminal history check, applied for within 3 business days after the employee starts in-home services and received within 21 days (IC 16-27-2-4, 16-27-2-5; copy kept under 410 IAC 17-12-1(f))
  • Physical examination within 180 days before direct patient contact (410 IAC 17-12-1(h))
  • Tuberculosis evaluation for everyone with direct patient contact (410 IAC 17-12-1(i))
  • Home health aide competency evaluation before patient contact (410 IAC 17-14-1(l); 42 CFR 484.80)

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 Indiana'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 Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning; Indiana Health Coverage Programs) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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