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Home Health Agency

Every employee and contracted direct care worker of an MSDH-licensed home health agency; criminal checks are fingerprint-based through MSDH.

HOME HEALTH · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
4
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 6
Rules checked
October 15, 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, all employees and contractors
    BASIS
    Miss. Admin. Code tit. 23, pt. 200, R. 4.2(A)(15); Division of Medicaid, Provider Terminations page

    Providers are responsible for screening all employees and contractors to identify excluded individuals and are responsible for searching the Office of Inspector General website, the System for Award Management (SAM) and the Mississippi Medicaid Sanction Provider List monthly to capture exclusions and reinstatements.

    Read the source web.archive.org

  2. Sanctioned Provider List (Provider Terminations)

    Mississippi Division of Medicaid

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly, all employees and contractors
    BASIS
    Miss. Admin. Code tit. 23, pt. 200, R. 4.2(A)(15); Division of Medicaid, Provider Terminations page

    Providers are responsible for screening all employees and contractors to identify excluded individuals and are responsible for searching the Office of Inspector General website, the System for Award Management (SAM) and the Mississippi Medicaid Sanction Provider List monthly to capture exclusions and reinstatements.

    Read the source web.archive.org

  3. Mississippi Board of Nursing License Verification

    Mississippi Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before the first day of employment, every employee who holds a licence
    BASIS
    15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 16, Subpt. 1, R. 46.27.3(8), (11); Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-13

    Pursuant to Section 43-11-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, the covered entity shall require to be performed a disciplinary check with the professional licensing agency, if any, for each employee to determine if any disciplinary action has been taken against the employee by the agency

    Read the source msdh.ms.gov

  4. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly, all employees and contractors
    BASIS
    Miss. Admin. Code tit. 23, pt. 200, R. 4.2(A)(15); Division of Medicaid, Provider Terminations page

    Providers are responsible for screening all employees and contractors to identify excluded individuals and are responsible for searching the Office of Inspector General website, the System for Award Management (SAM) and the Mississippi Medicaid Sanction Provider List monthly to capture exclusions and reinstatements.

    Read the source web.archive.org

Expected checks

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

  1. Mississippi Nurse Aide Registry (Nurse Aide Abuse Registry)

    Mississippi State Department of Health (run by Headmaster/TMU)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, aides qualified through a state nurse aide program
    BASIS
    42 CFR 484.80(a)(1)(iii): such aides must be listed in good standing on the state registry

  2. Mississippi Sex Offender Registry

    Mississippi Department of Public Safety

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    Standard practice; § 43-11-13 disqualifies listed sex offenses

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based criminal history record check through MSDH before a new hire provides direct patient care; a suitability letter covers two years (15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 16, Subpt. 1, R. 46.27.3; Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-13)
  • Health screening before employment and annually (R. 46.27.5)
  • Baseline and serial TB testing per CDC/MSDH recommendations (R. 46.29.1)
  • Home health aide training and competency (R. 46.29.2; 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 Mississippi's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Mississippi Division of Medicaid or your own counsel before relying on it.

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