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MONTANA · CARE PROGRAM

Community First Choice Services and Personal Care Services (CFCS/PCS)

Agency-based and self-directed personal care provider agencies: personal care attendants, nurse supervisors, plan facilitators and staff involved in Medicaid services (formerly CFC/PAS).

CFCS/PCS · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
2
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 5
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
    MONTHLY At hire and ongoing, every employee including PCAs (the agency must ensure none is on the LEIE); DPHHS encourages monthly checks of everyone involved in Medicaid services, with dated records that may be part of a quality assurance review
    BASIS
    DPHHS SLTC, CFCS/PCS Agency-Based and Self-Directed Policy Manuals, policy 613 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (July 2026)

    Providers are responsible for ensuring their employees, including PCAs, are not listed on the OIG’s List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) or other applicable exclusion lists. ... Providers are encouraged to conduct monthly checks of the LEIE.

    Read the source dphhs.mt.gov

  2. Licensee Lookup System

    Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Business Standards Division

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, the agency-based nurse supervisor (must be a licensed nurse); the agency documents the credential for the department
    BASIS
    ARM 37.40.1017(3)(a), (5)

    CFCS nurse supervisors must meet the following criteria: (a) be a licensed nurse; ... The CFCS personal care attendant providers must provide documentation to verify the nurse supervisor and plan facilitator credentials, certification, and training.

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

Expected checks

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

  1. Excluded or Terminated Montana Medicaid Providers

    DPHHS, Montana Healthcare Programs (Program Integrity / SURS)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly (standard practice; DPHHS updates the list irregularly)
    BASIS
    Policy 613 also names 'other applicable exclusion lists'; ARM 37.85.506(3) bars Medicaid claims for services by a person suspended or terminated from Montana Medicaid

    In accordance with Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM) 37.85.507, 42 CFR 1001.2005 and 42 CFR 1001.2006 this web site serves as notice to the state licensing agencies and others regarding these excluded and or terminated providers.

    Read the source dphhs.mt.gov

  2. Criminal History Online Public Record Search (CHOPRS)

    Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation, Criminal Records and Identification Services Section

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, agency-employed attendants; in self-direction the member decides
    BASIS
    Standard practice for agency employers; no CFCS/PCS rule or policy names a criminal check

  3. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly (standard practice)
    BASIS
    DPHHS's excluded-provider page points to SAM to determine provider status; no CFCS/PCS rule names it

    Please check the following web sites to determine provider status

    Read the source dphhs.mt.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • 16 hours of basic attendant training, certified by the agency, unless waived under policy (AB-CFC/PAS 706)
  • Nurse supervisor and plan facilitator: a year's experience in aging and disability services, program training, person-centered planning certification for facilitators, and no conflict of interest (ARM 37.40.1017, 37.40.1018)

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.
Paid access
The agency charges for access, and ezOIG doesn't include it yet.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Montana'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 Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), Montana Healthcare Programs or your own counsel before relying on it.

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