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Personal Assistance Services (Medicaid state plan)

Agency staff and individual providers who perform personal assistance services under 471 NAC 15; 'provider' there means the individual who performs the service.

PAS · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
5
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 7
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
    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
    BASIS
    Nebraska Medicaid Provider Manual (August 2026), 3.7.4 Database Checks and 4.10; 471 NAC 2-005.01(36), 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 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 providing services
    BASIS
    471 NAC 15-002.07, 15-003.02(D)(i); 471 NAC 2-003.03(5), (A)

    The individual who actually performs the personal assistance service(s) in accordance with this chapter. ... Medicaid providers are subject to Adult Protective Services and Child Protective Services Central Registry checks to determine if any substantiated reports of abuse or neglect by the provider exist.

    Read the source rules.nebraska.gov

  4. 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 providing services
    BASIS
    471 NAC 15-002.07, 15-003.02(D)(i); 471 NAC 2-003.03(5), (A)

    The individual who actually performs the personal assistance service(s) in accordance with this chapter. ... Medicaid providers are subject to Adult Protective Services and Child Protective Services Central Registry checks to determine if any substantiated reports of abuse or neglect by the provider exist.

    Read the source rules.nebraska.gov

  5. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    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 Sex Offender Registry

    Nebraska State Patrol

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before providing services
    BASIS
    471 NAC 2-005.01(38) makes a provider on the Sex Offender Registry a ground to deny enrollment or sanction, and 471 NAC 15-002.07 makes the individual who performs the service the provider; no rule has the agency run the check

  2. 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 providing services
    BASIS
    One way to run the law enforcement criminal background check 471 NAC 2-003.03(5) has Medicaid providers, and under 003.03(A) their employees, agree to

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Law enforcement criminal background check agreed to by Medicaid providers and their employees (471 NAC 2-003.03(5), (A))
  • No ongoing history of criminal activity that may endanger clients (471 NAC 15-003.02(A)(xiii))
  • Staff providing in-home services are 19 or older (471 NAC 15-003.02(A)(xix))
  • Agency hiring and reporting policies open to DHHS review (471 NAC 15-003.02(A)(xiv))

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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