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NORTH CAROLINA · CARE PROGRAM

Hospice

Hospice team members, including paid staff and direct patient and family services volunteers.

HOSPICE · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
5
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
5 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 (providers enrolled in NC Medicaid)
    BASIS
    NC DHHS Provider Administrative Participation Agreement § 6 (Disclosure)

    The Provider agrees to screen all its employees, contractors, and contractor’s employees monthly using the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) database and System for Awards Management (SAM) Exclusion List to determine whether any of its employees, contractors, and contractor’s employees is excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health care programs.

    Read the source nctracks.nc.gov

  2. N.C. Health Care Personnel Registry

    NC DHHS Division of Health Service Regulation

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Abuse registry search
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hiring unlicensed staff with direct access to patients or their property
    BASIS
    G.S. 131E-256(b)(5), (c), (d2)

    Before hiring health care personnel into a health care facility or service, every employer at a health care facility shall access the Health Care Personnel Registry and shall note each incident of access in the appropriate business files.

    Read the source ncleg.gov

  3. N.C. Nurse Aide I Registry

    NC DHHS Division of Health Service Regulation

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, hospice aides
    BASIS
    NC Medicaid Clinical Coverage Policy 3D § 1.1.6; 10A NCAC 13K .0102(19); 42 CFR 418.76(a)(1)(iii)

    Hospice Aide means an aide who is authorized to provide nursing care under the supervision of a licensed nurse, has completed a training and competency evaluation program or competency evaluation program as outlined in 42 CFR 418.76, is listed on the Nurse Aide Registry at the Division of Health Service Regulation

    Read the source medicaid.ncdhhs.gov

  4. Licence verification (North Carolina Board of Nursing and other licensing boards)

    North Carolina Board of Nursing

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed team members; keep current
    BASIS
    10A NCAC 13K .0401(e)(8); 42 CFR 418.114(a)

    Personnel records shall be established and maintained for hospice team members, including paid and direct patient/family services volunteers. ... The records shall include: ... (8) verification of team member(s) credentials;

    Read the source reports.oah.state.nc.us

  5. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly (providers enrolled in NC Medicaid)
    BASIS
    NC DHHS Provider Administrative Participation Agreement § 6 (Disclosure)

    The Provider agrees to screen all its employees, contractors, and contractor’s employees monthly using the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) database and System for Awards Management (SAM) Exclusion List to determine whether any of its employees, contractors, and contractor’s employees is excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health care programs.

    Read the source nctracks.nc.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. NC Medicaid State Excluded Provider List

    NC Medicaid (Division of Health Benefits), Office of Compliance and Program Integrity

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Published monthly by NC Medicaid; no rule found naming it for staff screening (the participation agreement names only the LEIE and SAM)

  2. Statewide criminal record search (North Carolina court records)

    North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, staff with direct patient contact or access to patient records
    BASIS
    One way to meet 42 CFR 418.114(d) for North Carolina records; no North Carolina statute found sets a hospice method

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check on employees and contracted staff with direct patient contact or access to patient records, per State requirements, else within three months of hire for every state lived or worked in during the past three years (42 CFR 418.114(d))
  • Baseline TB test for hands-on care team members, then annual screening (10A NCAC 13K .0401(b))
  • Reference checks or verification of previous employment (10A NCAC 13K .0401(e)(3))
  • Hospice aide training and competency evaluation (42 CFR 418.76)

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.
Requires an employer account
Searches go through the employer's own account with the agency, so ezOIG doesn't run them for you.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into North Carolina'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 NC Medicaid (Division of Health Benefits, NC Department of Health and Human Services) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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