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NEW JERSEY · CARE PROGRAM

Hospice

Employees, contractors and volunteers of hospices licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:42C; hospice aides must be CHHAs.

HOSPICE · ON FILE
Registries named
6
Required
4
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 6
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
    DMAHS Newsletter Vol. 33 No. 02 (January 2023, revised April 2023)

    Providers and MCOs are required to verify that any current or prospective employees (regular or temporary), contractors or subcontractors ... are not excluded, unlicensed or uncertified by searching the following databases on a monthly basis: ... Federal exclusions database (mandatory): https://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov/

    Read the source njmmis.com

  2. New Jersey Ineligible Provider List (Ineligible Provider Search)

    Office of the State Comptroller, Medicaid Fraud Division

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    DMAHS Newsletter Vol. 33 No. 02 (January 2023, revised April 2023); N.J.A.C. 10:49-11.1(b)

    Providers and MCOs are required to verify that any current or prospective employees (regular or temporary), contractors or subcontractors ... are not excluded, unlicensed or uncertified by searching the following databases on a monthly basis: ... State of New Jersey debarment list (mandatory): https://nj.gov/comptroller/doc/nj_debarment_list.pdf

    Read the source njmmis.com

  3. Consolidated Debarment Report: Medical Debarment Search

    New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    DMAHS Newsletter Vol. 33 No. 02 (January 2023, revised April 2023)

    Providers and MCOs are required to verify that any current or prospective employees (regular or temporary), contractors or subcontractors ... are not excluded, unlicensed or uncertified by searching the following databases on a monthly basis: ... N.J. Treasurer’s exclusions database (mandatory): http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/revenue/debarment/debarsearch.shtml

    Read the source njmmis.com

  4. License Verification System

    New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly; nurses, clinicians and certified homemaker-home health aides
    BASIS
    DMAHS Newsletter Vol. 33 No. 02 (January 2023, revised April 2023); N.J.A.C. 8:42C-3.4(b), 8:42C-7.5(b)

    Providers and MCOs are required to verify that any current or prospective employees (regular or temporary), contractors or subcontractors ... are not excluded, unlicensed or uncertified by searching the following databases on a monthly basis: ... N.J. Division of Consumer Affairs licensure databases, including all licensed healthcare professionals (mandatory, if applicable)

    Read the source njmmis.com

Expected checks

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

  1. SBI 212B Name-Based Criminal History Record Check

    New Jersey State Police, State Bureau of Identification

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, employees with direct patient contact or access to records who have no certification fingerprint check
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.114(d) requires a criminal background check on these employees but names no particular search; New Jersey sets no hospice-specific requirement for them

    The hospice must obtain a criminal background check on all hospice employees who have direct patient contact or access to patient records.

    Read the source ecfr.gov

  2. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Not named in DMAHS Newsletter 33-02, which lists only the LEIE among federal lists; standard practice for New Jersey Medicaid providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check on every employee with direct patient contact or access to patient records, kept in the personnel record; absent a State requirement, within three months of hire for every state lived or worked in during the past three years (42 CFR 418.114(d); N.J.A.C. 8:42C-3.4(d))
  • Homemaker-home health aides must hold Board of Nursing certification, which carries a fingerprint-based criminal history check (N.J.A.C. 8:42C-7.5(b); N.J.S.A. 45:11-24.3)
  • Mantoux or IGRA tuberculosis test for direct care personnel and volunteers (N.J.A.C. 8:42C-3.4(h))

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.
Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into New Jersey'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 New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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