Senior Care Auditors Must Pass the ‘Gold Standard Background Check’

the “Gold Standard Background Check’ ensures that you are getting the most trusted senior care auditor available – a Penrosecertified® Senior Care Auditor.

The PenroseCertified® Gold Standard Background Check includes:

1. PenroseCertified® – Gold Standard Personal and/or Professional References
2. PenroseCertified® – Gold Standard Criminal Felony & Misdemeanor – 7 years
   – Unlimited # of counties as revealed by SSN Trace
   – SSN Trace
   – SSN Validation
   – Widescreen Plus National Criminal Search
   – National Sex Offender Search
3. PenroseCertified® – Healthcare Sanctions
   – Healthcare Sanctions Check – Federal plus All States
4. PenroseCertified® – Gold Standard Drug Package
   – Non-DOT Urine Drug Test -5/9 Panel
   – eCOC scheduling
5. PenroseCertified® – Gold Standard Education & Employment Report
   – Education Report
   – Employment Report
6. PenroseCertified® – Gold Standard Health Care Sanctions – Federal
   Conducts a search of the sanction information as reported by the OIG, the GSA, and various other federal agencies.
   – Includes both federal and state sanction history of applicant
   – Includes Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Sanctions
   – Includes Food and Drug Administration (FDA) debarments
   – Includes Medicare opt-out
   – Includes state Medicaid actions
   – Includes state Medicaid exclusions and debarment lists
   – Includes state licensing board
   1. Helps reduce risk of hiring individuals with a pattern of prior behavior, performance, or license issues, even if not applying for a licensed position (i.e., historical data). Satisfies the government’s minimum requirements for sanction screening as set forth in the OIG Compliance Program Guidance.
7. PenroseCertified® – Gold Standard Health Care Sanction Check Advantage
   The Health Care Sanction Check is a check of the Fraud and Abuse Control Information System (FACIS®), which goes beyond OIG and GSA Checks. FACIS® is an extensive database search of disciplinary actions taken by federal, state, and more than 800 licensing and certification agencies in 50 states. It includes uncovering adverse actions ranging from exclusions and debarments to probation and letters. FACIS® cover more than 50 types of health care professionals in the United States, ranging from physicians and midwives to home health agencies and ambulatory services.
   Performing OIG and GSA Checks satisfies the government’s minimum requirements for sanction screening as set forth in the OIG Compliance Program Guidance.
8. PenroseCertified® – Gold Standard: Additional federal agencies searched include:
   – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, Criminal and Administrative Cases against Doctors
   – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, Registrant Actions
   – U.S. Food and Drug Administration – Warning Letters
   – U.S. Food and Drug Administration – Debarment List
   – U.S. Food and Drug Administration – Disqualified/Restricted/Restrictions Removed/Assurance Lists for Clinical Investigators
9. TRICARE Sanctions
   – U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Denied Persons List
   – U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Entity List, Supplement No. 4 to Part 744 of the Export
10. Administration Regulations
    - U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Export Administration Regulations, General Order 3 to Part 736 of the Export Administration Regulations
    – U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Unverified List
    – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) List of Individuals/Entities Excluded from Federal Health and Medicare Programs
    – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research Integrity, PHS Administrative Actions
    – U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Statutorily Debarred Parties
    – U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Specially Designated Nationals
    – U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement Programs
    – U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Non-Procurement Programs
    – U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Reciprocal Programs
11. Other federal data sources, such as the FBI’s wanted lists
12. Searches multiple federal agencies—with state Medicaid exclusion lists in more than 20 states:
    – State Medicaid exclusion lists (where available)
    – Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) Task Force Data
    – Attorney General Notices
    – Vendor Debarment Lists
13. Searches multiple federal agencies and available state Medicaid exclusion lists—with available state agencies, including:
    – State Agency Issued Sanctions
    – State Board Issued Sanctions
    – State Division Issued Sanctions
    – State Department Issued Sanctions
    – State Sanctions