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MASSACHUSETTS · CARE PROGRAM

Group Adult Foster Care

All staff, including contract, per diem and backup staff.

GAFC · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
5
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
5 of 6
Rules checked
October 1, 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
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    MassHealth All Provider Bulletin 196

  2. Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI)

    Department of Criminal Justice Information Services

    COMING SOON Massachusetts CORI request through iCORI
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    130 CMR 408.524

  3. Sex Offender Registry Information (SORI)

    Sex Offender Registry Board

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Massachusetts SORI check through ESORI
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    130 CMR 408.524

  4. Check a License (health professions)

    Department of Public Health

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire; again at each renewal
    BASIS
    130 CMR 408.524

  5. MassHealth List of Suspended or Excluded Providers

    MassHealth

    SCREENED BY EZOIG MassHealth exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    MassHealth, List of Suspended or Excluded Providers (mass.gov)

Expected checks

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

  1. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for MassHealth providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Home health aide certification, or competency determined by a program or the RN, for direct care aides
  • TB screening for aides, RNs, LPNs and care managers within 12 months at hire
  • Confirmation that nobody is related to or legally responsible for the member

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Massachusetts's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 1, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with MassHealth (Executive Office of Health and Human Services) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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