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TENNESSEE · CARE PROGRAM

Hospice

Employees and contracted staff with direct patient contact. Home hospice is a licensed home care organization (0720-28); a residential hospice is a licensed facility (0720-23).

HOSPICE · ON FILE
Registries named
8
Required
5
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 8
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 (providers billing TennCare)
    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 At hire and monthly (providers billing TennCare)
    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 employment or volunteer service
    BASIS
    T.C.A. § 68-11-1004(a)(2), (b)

    Any of the following shall determine whether any prospective employee or volunteer person engaged in providing services to persons subject to this part is listed on the registry before the person is permitted to be employed or provide volunteer services

    Read the source codes.findlaw.com

  4. Licensure Verification (Health Related Boards)

    Tennessee Department of Health

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed positions; keep current
    BASIS
    Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0720-28-.04(14)-(15); 42 CFR 418.114(a)

    Personnel records shall include at a minimum: job descriptions, verification of references and credentials, and performance evaluations.

    Read the source publications.tnsosfiles.com

  5. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly (providers billing TennCare)
    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

  1. Tennessee Nurse Aide Registry

    Tennessee Health Facilities Commission (Credentia, vendor)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, aides qualified through a nurse aide program
    BASIS
    42 CFR 418.76(a)(1)(iii): such aides must be listed in good standing on the state registry

    A nurse aide training and competency evaluation program approved by the State as meeting the requirements of § 483.151 through § 483.154 of this chapter, and is currently listed in good standing on the State nurse aide registry.

    Read the source ecfr.gov

  2. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, direct care staff; every state lived in during the previous 7 years
    BASIS
    T.C.A. § 68-11-271 binds residential hospices as licensed facilities; unsettled for home hospice

  3. Tennessee Open Records Information Services (TORIS)

    Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, staff with patient contact or record access
    BASIS
    One way to meet 42 CFR 418.114(d) for Tennessee records; no Tennessee hospice rule sets the method

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check on employees with direct patient contact or record access, per state requirements, else within 3 months of hire for every state lived or worked in during the past 3 years (42 CFR 418.114(d))
  • Hospice aide training and competency (42 CFR 418.76)
  • Verification of references and credentials, and medical screening (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0720-28-.04(14)-(15))

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.
Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.

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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