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NEW JERSEY · CARE PROGRAM

Personal Care Assistant Services and Homemaker Agencies

Certified homemaker-home health aides giving Medicaid PCA, MLTSS personal care and homemaker services through home health agencies or accredited health care service firms (N.J.A.C. 10:60, 13:45B-14).

PCA · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
4
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
4 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 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 Before placement, and monthly; CHHA certification and nurse licences
    BASIS
    DMAHS Newsletter Vol. 33 No. 02 (January 2023, revised April 2023); N.J.A.C. 13:45B-14.4(c) (health care service firms, before placement); N.J.A.C. 10:60-1.2

    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. 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
  • PCAs must be Board of Nursing certified homemaker-home health aides (N.J.A.C. 10:60-1.2); certification requires a fingerprint-based State Police and FBI check, with a federal re-check every two years (N.J.S.A. 45:11-24.3)
  • Health care service firms: confirm one year of work history and ask former employers why the applicant left, before placement (N.J.A.C. 13:45B-14.6)
  • 12 hours of in-service education a year and RN supervision (N.J.A.C. 10:60-1.2)

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.

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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