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Hospice Services

Direct care staff of licensed hospice services (175 NAC 16); a person with adverse Sex Offender or Nurse Aide Registry findings must not be employed.

HOSPICE · ON FILE
Registries named
9
Required
7
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 9
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 monthly (Medicaid-enrolled hospices)
    BASIS
    Nebraska Medicaid Provider Manual (August 2026), 3.7.4 Database Checks; 42 CFR 1001.1901

    All providers are required to screen all facilities, providers, employees, and contractors not screened by Maximus against the exclusion lists SAM, OIG, and NMEP every month.

    Read the source dhhs.ne.gov

  2. Nebraska Medicaid Excluded Providers (NMEP) list

    Nebraska DHHS, Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care, Program Integrity Unit

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly (Medicaid-enrolled hospices)
    BASIS
    Nebraska Medicaid Provider Manual (August 2026), 3.7.4 Database Checks and 4.10; 471 NAC 2-005.02(A)(iii)

    Nebraska Medicaid Excluded Providers (NMEP) screening is required at least once a month. ... All providers are required to screen all facilities, providers, employees, and contractors not screened by Maximus against the exclusion lists SAM, OIG, and NMEP every month. ... Providers should check the NMEP list for all new hires and at least monthly for all staff.

    Read the source dhhs.ne.gov

  3. Nebraska Nurse Aide Registry

    Nebraska DHHS, Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, all direct care staff; anyone with adverse findings must not be employed
    BASIS
    175 NAC 16-010.05(A)(ii)(1), (A)(iv)

    Complete pre-employment checks for each direct care staff for adverse findings on the following Nebraska registries: (1) Nurse Aide Registry; ... The licensee must not employ a person with adverse findings on the Sex Offender Registry or on the Nurse Aide Registry.

    Read the source rules.nebraska.gov

  4. Nebraska Adult Protective Services Central Registry (APS Registry)

    Nebraska DHHS, Division of Children and Family Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, all direct care staff
    BASIS
    175 NAC 16-010.05(A)(ii)(2)

    Complete pre-employment checks for each direct care staff for adverse findings on the following Nebraska registries: (1) Nurse Aide Registry; (2) Adult Protective Services Central Registry;

    Read the source rules.nebraska.gov

  5. Nebraska Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry (Central Registry of Child Protection Cases)

    Nebraska DHHS, Division of Children and Family Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, all direct care staff
    BASIS
    175 NAC 16-010.05(A)(ii)(3)

    Complete pre-employment checks for each direct care staff for adverse findings on the following Nebraska registries: ... (3) Central Registry of Child Protection Cases; and (4) Sex Offender Registry.

    Read the source rules.nebraska.gov

  6. Nebraska Sex Offender Registry

    Nebraska State Patrol

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, all direct care staff; anyone with adverse findings must not be employed
    BASIS
    175 NAC 16-010.05(A)(ii)(4), (A)(iv)

    Complete pre-employment checks for each direct care staff for adverse findings on the following Nebraska registries: ... (4) Sex Offender Registry. ... The licensee must not employ a person with adverse findings on the Sex Offender Registry or on the Nurse Aide Registry.

    Read the source rules.nebraska.gov

  7. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly (Medicaid-enrolled hospices)
    BASIS
    Nebraska Medicaid Provider Manual (August 2026), 3.7.4 Database Checks

    All providers are required to screen all facilities, providers, employees, and contractors not screened by Maximus against the exclusion lists SAM, OIG, and NMEP every month.

    Read the source dhhs.ne.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. Nebraska State Patrol name-based criminal history report (RAP sheet)

    Nebraska State Patrol, Criminal Identification Division

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, all direct care staff
    BASIS
    One way to run the pre-employment criminal background check 175 NAC 16-010.05(A)(i) and 42 CFR 418.114(d) require; the state rule accepts any governmental law enforcement agency or private entity and names no source

  2. License Information System (LIS) license lookup

    Nebraska DHHS, Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed staff
    BASIS
    175 NAC 16-010.05(B)(ii) requires evidence of licensure in the employment record and 42 CFR 418.114(a) requires licensed professionals; neither names a lookup

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Pre-employment criminal background check for each direct care staff member through a governmental law enforcement agency or a private entity that maintains criminal background information (175 NAC 16-010.05(A)(i); 42 CFR 418.114(d))
  • Health screening before staff have contact with consumers (175 NAC 16-010.05(A)(v))
  • Home health aide competency verified and documented before the aide provides services (175 NAC 16-010.07(B)(v)(7))
  • Fingerprint-based criminal background screening of staff not screened by Maximus when the hospice is enrolled as high risk, at hire and at revalidation (Nebraska Medicaid Provider Manual 3.7.5)

Why some registries are not screened yet

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.
Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.
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 Nebraska'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 Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care or your own counsel before relying on it.

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