Screening in Rhode Island

How ezOIG screens in Rhode Island

Rhode Island's programs

• HOME CARE

  Home Care Provider (personal care and homemaker agencies)

  Every employee of a RIDOH-licensed home care provider, including agencies delivering Medicaid personal care and homemaker services; the rule is the one home nursing care providers follow.

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG

• PERSONAL CHOICE

  Personal Choice Program (self-directed personal care)

  PCAs and participant representatives with direct contact in Medicaid's self-directed program, which absorbed the Independent Provider program; the fiscal intermediary runs the checks.

  1 required check, 1 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• ADULT DAY

  Adult Day Care Programs (including Medicaid adult day health)

  Staff of RIDOH-licensed adult day care programs, including those certified by EOHHS for Medicaid adult day services.

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG

• ASSISTED LIVING

  Assisted Living Residence

  Employees with routine resident contact or access to residents' belongings or funds, in RIDOH-licensed residences, including those certified for Medicaid assisted living.

  2 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• SHARED LIVING

  Shared Living (RIte @ Home)

  Paid primary and respite caregivers, and adult household members, in Medicaid shared living for elders and adults with disabilities, certified by EOHHS-contracted provider agencies.

  4 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG

• DD SERVICES

  Developmental Disability Organizations and self-directed DD supports (BHDDH)

  Employees, contractors and volunteers of BHDDH-licensed developmental disability organizations, including shared living and respite, and workers hired through a fiscal intermediary in self-directed services.

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 3 expected

Federal core programs

• HOME HEALTH

  Home Nursing Care Provider (Home Health Agency)

  Every employee of a RIDOH-licensed home nursing care provider, with licence checks for licensed, certified or registered staff; home care providers share the same rule (216-RICR-40-10-17).

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG

• HOSPICE

  Hospice

  Staff of RIDOH-licensed hospice programs, with licence checks for every licensed, certified or registered employee.

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG

• NURSING FACILITY

  Nursing Facility

  Nurse aides, licensed staff and every employee with routine resident contact.

  4 required checks, 4 screened by ezOIG

Criminal record checks

• Rhode Island Judiciary Public Portal Rhode Island Judiciary Named by Shared Living
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
• State Background Check (BCI) Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Identification Named by Shared Living and DD Services
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

Nurse aide registries

• Nurse Aide Registry (Nursing Assistant licences) Rhode Island Department of Health Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Home Care, Adult Day, Assisted Living and DD Services
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check

Licenses

• RIDOH License Verification Rhode Island Department of Health Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Home Care, Adult Day, Assisted Living and DD Services
  SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification

Child abuse registries

• DCYF Clearance Request Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families Named by DD Services
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

• List of Excluded Individuals/Entities HHS Office of Inspector General
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
• SAM.gov exclusions General Services Administration
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
• Specially Designated Nationals list U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sanctions check against the Treasury's SDN list