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CHOICES Home and Community Based Services (contract providers)

Employees and volunteers with direct contact with CHOICES members at MCO-contracted agencies (personal care visits, attendant care, in-home respite, companion care); personal care agencies are licensed by DDA as personal support services agencies.

CHOICES HCBS · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
7
Expected
0
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 7
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 Before direct contact, and monthly
    BASIS
    TennCare MCO Statewide Contract § A.2.20.1.17 (providers billing TennCare); § A.2.12.9.39

    The CONTRACTOR, its subcontractors and all tax-reporting provider entities that bill and/or receive TennCare funds as the result of this Contract shall screen their owners and employees against the General Services Administration (GSA) System for Award Management (SAM) and the HHS-OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), and TennCare’s Terminated Provider List on a monthly basis.

    Read the source tn.gov

  2. TennCare Terminated Provider List (TTPL)

    Division of TennCare, Office of Program Integrity

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before direct contact, and monthly
    BASIS
    TennCare MCO Statewide Contract § A.2.20.1.17 (providers billing TennCare); § A.2.12.9.39

    The CONTRACTOR, its subcontractors and all tax-reporting provider entities that bill and/or receive TennCare funds as the result of this Contract shall screen their owners and employees against the General Services Administration (GSA) System for Award Management (SAM) and the HHS-OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), and TennCare’s Terminated Provider List on a monthly basis.

    Read the source tn.gov

  3. Registry of Persons Who Have Abused, Neglected, Misappropriated, or Exploited the Property of Vulnerable Individuals (Abuse Registry)

    Tennessee Health Facilities Commission

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before direct contact with a member
    BASIS
    TennCare MCO Statewide Contract § A.2.29.2.2; Rule 0465-02-06-.04(6)(b); T.C.A. § 68-11-1004

    At a minimum, background, registry, and exclusion checks shall include a check of the Tennessee Abuse Registry, Tennessee Felony Offender Registry, National and Tennessee Sexual Offender Registry, Social Security Death Master File, and List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), SAM, and TennCare’s Terminated Provider List.

    Read the source tn.gov

  4. Felony Offender Information Lookup (FOIL)

    Tennessee Department of Correction

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before direct contact with a member
    BASIS
    TennCare MCO Statewide Contract § A.2.29.2.2; Rule 0465-02-06-.04(6)(d)

    At a minimum, background, registry, and exclusion checks shall include a check of the Tennessee Abuse Registry, Tennessee Felony Offender Registry, National and Tennessee Sexual Offender Registry, Social Security Death Master File, and List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), SAM, and TennCare’s Terminated Provider List.

    Read the source tn.gov

  5. Tennessee Sex Offender Registry

    Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before direct contact with a member
    BASIS
    TennCare MCO Statewide Contract § A.2.29.2.2; Rule 0465-02-06-.04(6)(c)

    At a minimum, background, registry, and exclusion checks shall include a check of the Tennessee Abuse Registry, Tennessee Felony Offender Registry, National and Tennessee Sexual Offender Registry, Social Security Death Master File, and List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), SAM, and TennCare’s Terminated Provider List.

    Read the source tn.gov

  6. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before direct contact with a member
    BASIS
    TennCare MCO Statewide Contract § A.2.29.2.2

    At a minimum, background, registry, and exclusion checks shall include a check of the Tennessee Abuse Registry, Tennessee Felony Offender Registry, National and Tennessee Sexual Offender Registry, Social Security Death Master File, and List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), SAM, and TennCare’s Terminated Provider List.

    Read the source tn.gov

  7. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Before direct contact, and monthly
    BASIS
    TennCare MCO Statewide Contract § A.2.20.1.17 (providers billing TennCare); § A.2.12.9.39

    The CONTRACTOR, its subcontractors and all tax-reporting provider entities that bill and/or receive TennCare funds as the result of this Contract shall screen their owners and employees against the General Services Administration (GSA) System for Award Management (SAM) and the HHS-OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), and TennCare’s Terminated Provider List on a monthly basis.

    Read the source tn.gov

Expected checks

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

None for this program.

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check before direct contact (TennCare MCO Statewide Contract § A.2.29.2.2); for DDA-licensed agencies, fingerprints for TBI/FBI or a state-licensed private investigation company (T.C.A. § 52-2-1002(c))
  • Direct contact with the applicant's most recent employer (T.C.A. § 52-2-1002(d)(1))
  • TB screening, seizure orientation and first aid/CPR for personal support staff (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0465-02-17-.04)
  • Staff without direct contact, owners and managing employees: registry and exclusion checks before starting (Contract § A.2.29.2.2)

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.
The registry's terms forbid automated searches
The registry's terms, or the law behind it, rule out automated or third-party searches, so ezOIG doesn't run them.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Tennessee'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 Division of TennCare (Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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