Screening in West Virginia

How ezOIG screens in West Virginia

West Virginia's programs

• PERSONAL CARE

  Personal Care Services (Medicaid State Plan)

  Direct access personnel of certified personal care agencies, including specialized family care providers that bill personal care. BMS repeats the WV CARES rules in its own chapter, including the monthly registry recheck report.

  7 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• ADW / TBIW

  Aged and Disabled Waiver and Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver

  Agency staff of ADW and TBIW providers (case management, personal attendant, skilled nursing) and personal attendants hired under Personal Options through the fiscal agent. Both chapters send providers to WV CARES, so the checks are the same.

  7 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• IDDW

  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Waiver (IDDW)

  All IDDW agency staff with direct member contact, and Personal Options workers (QSWs); the LEIE check also covers contracted licensed professionals, whose criminal checks OHFLAC or the OIG run.

  7 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• ADULT DAY

  Medical Adult Day Care Center

  Employees, and volunteers who assist more than one participant, of licensed medical adult day care centers (71 CSR 20). Centers enrolled as ADW providers also carry BMS's monthly checks.

  9 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• ASSISTED LIVING

  Assisted Living Residence

  All employees, independent contractors and uncompensated direct access personnel of licensed assisted living residences (71 CSR 21), including the administrator.

  7 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• RESIDENTIAL CARE

  Residential Care Community

  Employees of licensed residential care communities (71 CSR 23), whose rule names the State Police central abuse registry and the nurse aide abuse and neglect registry beside the WV CARES determination.

  8 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• UNLICENSED HOME

  Legally Unlicensed Health Care Home

  The service provider, household members (not residents) and all caregivers of a registered home giving personal assistance to one to three unrelated residents (71 CSR 22); DoHS-approved adult family care providers are outside this rule.

  6 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• SENIOR IN-HOME

  Senior In-Home Services (Lighthouse, FAIR and Older Americans Act)

  Direct care workers of county aging providers giving personal care in the state-funded Lighthouse and FAIR programs and Older Americans Act in-home services. The Bureau of Senior Services' manuals leave it to each provider to decide which staff the WV CARES law covers; personal care workers are covered.

  6 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

Federal core programs

• HOME HEALTH

  Home Health Agency

  Direct access personnel (owners, employees and contractors with patient contact or access to patients' property or information). The checks come from WV CARES and BMS policy; no West Virginia home health licensure rule was found.

  7 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• HOSPICE

  Hospice

  Direct access personnel of hospices, under WV CARES; the hospice licensure rule (71 CSR 14) adds no screening of its own.

  7 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• NURSING FACILITY

  Nursing Home

  All direct access personnel of licensed nursing homes, through WV CARES; registry verification for every nurse aide before hire.

  7 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

State Medicaid exclusion lists

• West Virginia Medicaid Provider Exclusions and Terminations Bureau for Medical Services, West Virginia Department of Human Services (published on the Gainwell WV Medicaid portal) Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Personal Care, ADW / TBIW, IDDW, Adult Day, Assisted Living, Residential Care, Unlicensed Home and Senior In-Home
  SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check

Sex offender registries

• West Virginia Sex Offender Registry West Virginia State Police Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Personal Care, ADW / TBIW, IDDW, Adult Day, Assisted Living, Residential Care, Unlicensed Home and Senior In-Home
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check

Nurse aide registries

• West Virginia Nurse Aide Registry Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification (OHFLAC), Office of Inspector General Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Personal Care, ADW / TBIW, IDDW, Adult Day, Assisted Living, Residential Care, Unlicensed Home and Senior In-Home
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check

Licenses

• Registered Professional Nurse License Lookup West Virginia Board of Registered Professional Nurses Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Personal Care, ADW / TBIW, IDDW, Adult Day, Assisted Living, Residential Care and Senior In-Home
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches

Abuse and misconduct registries

• Central Abuse Registry West Virginia State Police, Criminal Identification Bureau Named by Adult Day and Residential Care
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

Child abuse registries

• Protective Services (CPS and APS) Record Check Bureau for Social Services, West Virginia Department of Human Services Named by IDDW and Adult Day
  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
• National Sex Offender Public Website U.S. Department of Justice
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches