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Adult Family Home (1-2 beds, Medicaid-certified)

Providers, operators, staff and substitute providers of 1-2 bed adult family homes certified to serve Family Care, Partnership and IRIS members under DHS's Medicaid standards (P-00638); household members 18 and older are checked too.

AFH 1-2 BED · ON FILE
Registries named
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Required
4
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 5
Rules checked
October 16, 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 For all new hires, and at least quarterly for existing employees
    BASIS
    Wisconsin Medicaid Provider Agreement for HCBS Waiver Providers, F-00180C, § 16 (signed by every adult LTC waiver provider at enrolment, ForwardHealth Online Handbook Topic #23457)

    Provider agrees to check the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) online List of Excluded Individuals/Entities database (Exclusions Database) for all new hires and at least quarterly for existing employees

    Read the source dhs.wisconsin.gov

  2. Wisconsin Online Record Check System (WORCS), caregiver background check

    Wisconsin Department of Justice, Crime Information Bureau

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, before working in the home, and at least every 3 years at recertification
    BASIS
    Medicaid Standards for Certified 1-2 Bed Adult Family Homes, P-00638, Art. III.C.3

    2) A criminal history search from the records of the Wisconsin Department of Justice Wisconsin Online Record Check System

    Read the source dhs.wisconsin.gov

  3. Wisconsin Caregiver Misconduct Registry (Wisconsin Misconduct Registry Search)

    Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Quality Assurance, Office of Caregiver Quality

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, before working in the home, and at least every 3 years at recertification
    BASIS
    Medicaid Standards for Certified 1-2 Bed Adult Family Homes, P-00638, Art. III.C.3

    3) A search of the Caregiver Registry maintained by DHS.

    Read the source dhs.wisconsin.gov

  4. DSPS license lookup (LicensE)

    Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire and at least every 3 years, where a credential applies
    BASIS
    Medicaid Standards for Certified 1-2 Bed Adult Family Homes, P-00638, Art. III.C.3

    4) A search of the status of credentials and licensing from the records of the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing, if applicable.

    Read the source dhs.wisconsin.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 At hire
    BASIS
    Standard practice for Wisconsin Medicaid HCBS providers; ForwardHealth screens enrolled providers against SAM (Online Handbook Topic #23462); no rule names it for workers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Background Information Disclosure form F-82064 for each person checked (P-00638, Art. III.C.3)
  • Background checks completed no more than 90 days before initial certification (P-00638, Art. III.C.3)

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.
Paid access
The agency charges for access, and ezOIG doesn't include it yet.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Wisconsin's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 16, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Medicaid Services (ForwardHealth) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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