Screening in Iowa

How ezOIG screens in Iowa

Iowa's programs

• HCBS WAIVER

  HCBS Waiver Services (agency providers)

  Agency staff who give direct care under the Elderly, Health and Disability, AIDS/HIV, Physical Disability and Children's Mental Health waivers (homemaker, agency attendant care, respite, adult day care, nursing and others). These waivers stay in place until the planned Children and Youth and Adults with Disabilities waivers launch.

  5 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• ID / BI / HAB

  Intellectual Disability and Brain Injury Waivers and Habilitation Services

  Staff of supported community living, day habilitation, supported employment, home-based habilitation and other providers under the Intellectual Disability and Brain Injury waivers and 1915(i) Habilitation; many hold 441 IAC 24 accreditation, which adds licence verification.

  6 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• CCO / CDAC

  Consumer Choices Option (CCO) and Consumer-Directed Attendant Care (CDAC)

  Workers a waiver member hires under the Consumer Choices Option, checked through the member's financial management service (FMS), and individual CDAC providers, who enroll with Iowa Medicaid themselves and are record-checked at enrollment. Agency CDAC providers follow HCBS Waiver Services.

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 4 expected

• IN-HOME SERVICES

  Homemaker, Home Care Aide and Other In-Home Services

  Employees who give direct in-home services for a provider the state regulates or funds (for example through Older Americans Act or local public health contracts) that is not a home health agency or waiver provider. Iowa does not license non-medical home care, so private-pay-only agencies fall outside Iowa Code § 135C.33(5).

  3 required checks, 0 screened by ezOIG · 4 expected

• ALP / EGH / RCF

  Assisted Living Programs, Elder Group Homes and Residential Care Facilities

  Employees who give direct services to tenants of certified assisted living programs (Iowa Code ch. 231C) and elder group homes (ch. 231B), and every employee of a licensed residential care facility (ch. 135C). The rules differ (481 IAC 67.18 for the programs, 481 IAC 50.9 and 57.11(3) for RCFs) but call for the same checks, so they are merged.

  3 required checks, 0 screened by ezOIG · 4 expected

• ADULT DAY

  Adult Day Services

  Employees who give direct services to participants of certified adult day services programs (Iowa Code ch. 231D; 481 IAC 67 and 70), including programs enrolled as Medicaid waiver adult day care providers.

  3 required checks, 0 screened by ezOIG · 4 expected

Federal core programs

• HOME HEALTH

  Home Health Agency

  Employees and contract staff who give direct services for Medicare-certified home health agencies; Iowa does not license home health agencies, DIAL surveys them for Medicare.

  7 required checks, 3 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• HOSPICE

  Hospice

  Employees and contractors of licensed hospices (Iowa Code ch. 135J; 481 IAC 53) who give direct services to patients.

  7 required checks, 3 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• NURSING FACILITY

  Nursing Facility

  Every employee who gives direct or indirect services to residents of a licensed nursing facility (Iowa Code ch. 135C; 481 IAC 58), plus nurse aides and licensed nurses.

  7 required checks, 3 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

State Medicaid exclusion lists

• Iowa Medicaid Sanctions List Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa Medicaid Program Integrity) Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, HCBS Waiver, ID / BI / Hab, CCO / CDAC, In-Home Services, ALP / EGH / RCF and Adult Day
  SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check

Sex offender registries

• Iowa Sex Offender Registry Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, HCBS Waiver, ID / BI / Hab, CCO / CDAC, In-Home Services, ALP / EGH / RCF and Adult Day
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check

Criminal record checks

• Iowa Criminal History Record Check Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, HCBS Waiver, ID / BI / Hab, CCO / CDAC, In-Home Services, ALP / EGH / RCF and Adult Day
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

Nurse aide registries

• Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) Named by Home Health, Hospice and Nursing Facility
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check

Licenses

• Iowa Board of Nursing License Verification Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (Board of Nursing) Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility and ID / BI / Hab
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access

Abuse and misconduct registries

• Central Abuse Registry (dependent adult abuse information) Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, HCBS Waiver, ID / BI / Hab, CCO / CDAC, In-Home Services, ALP / EGH / RCF and Adult Day
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

Child abuse registries

• Central Abuse Registry (child abuse information) Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, HCBS Waiver, ID / BI / Hab, CCO / CDAC, In-Home Services, ALP / EGH / RCF and Adult Day
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

• 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