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Older Adult Daily Living Center

Operators and all program staff, including drivers, of centers licensed by the Department of Aging (6 Pa. Code Ch. 11). The exclusion checks apply to centers enrolled in Medical Assistance.

ADULT DAY · ON FILE
Registries named
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Required
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Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
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Rules checked
October 15, 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, centers enrolled in Medical Assistance
    BASIS
    Pa. DHS Medical Assistance Bulletin 99-11-05

    Although the Department makes best efforts to include on the Medicheck List all federally excluded individuals/entities that practice in Pennsylvania, providers must also use the LEIE to ensure that the individual/entity is eligible to participate in the MA Program

    Read the source pa.gov

  2. Medicheck List (Precluded Providers)

    Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Bureau of Program Integrity

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly, centers enrolled in Medical Assistance
    BASIS
    Pa. DHS Medical Assistance Bulletin 99-11-05; DHS Medicheck List guidance

    It is your responsibility to utilize this online searchable listing to screen all employees and contractors (both individuals and entities) at the time of hire or contracting; and, thereafter, on an ongoing monthly basis to determine if they have been excluded from participation in the state and federal health care programs.

    Read the source pa.gov

  3. Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH)

    Pennsylvania State Police

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Applied for within 5 working days after hire; operators and all program staff
    BASIS
    6 Pa. Code § 11.18(a)(1), (d); 6 Pa. Code § 15.141

    A report of criminal history record information from the State Police or a statement from the State Police that the State Police Central Repository contains no information relating to that person

    Read the source pacodeandbulletin.gov

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, centers enrolled in Medical Assistance
    BASIS
    MA Bulletin 99-11-05 lists EPLS (now SAM.gov); 55 Pa. Code § 52.11 names it for OLTL waiver providers

    Excluded Parties List System (EPLS): World wide data base maintained by the General Services Administration (GSA)

    Read the source pa.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • FBI criminal history record for operators or staff not resident in Pennsylvania for the 3 years before hiring (6 Pa. Code § 11.18(a)(2))
  • Physical examination within 12 months before employment and every 2 years, including a negative tuberculin test within 2 years (6 Pa. Code § 11.132)

Why some registries are not screened yet

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 Pennsylvania's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (Office of Medical Assistance Programs) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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