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RHODE ISLAND · CARE PROGRAM

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.

PERSONAL CHOICE · ON FILE
Registries named
2
Required
1
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 2
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
    AT HIRE Before authorization, then annually
    BASIS
    210-RICR-50-10-2 § 2.8(G)

    All PCAs and participant representatives that have direct contact with participants must submit to a National Criminal Background Check supported by fingerprints every five (5) years, annual Office of Inspector General (OIG) screenings, and an annual Abuse Registry Record Check

    Read the source rules.sos.ri.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
    AT HIRE Before authorization, then annually with the OIG screening
    BASIS
    The EOHHS exclusion letter names EPLS for Medicaid providers' employees and contractors; the Personal Choice rule names only the OIG list

    Read the source eohhs.ri.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Fingerprint-based national criminal background check every five years, authorized through the fiscal intermediary; disqualifying convictions under R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-7.2-18.4 (210-RICR-50-10-2 § 2.8(G))
  • Annual Abuse Registry Record Check; the rule does not say which registry (210-RICR-50-10-2 § 2.8(G))
  • CPR and First Aid certification, renewed every two years, to be listed on the PCA registry (210-RICR-50-10-2 § 2.8(F))
  • Training verified by the participant before the PCA is paid (210-RICR-50-10-2 § 2.8(E))

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Rhode Island'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 Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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