National Background Check Program For Long-Term-Care Providers: Assessment of State Programs Concluded Between 2013 And 2016

On April 22, 2019 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released this report. The report is an assessment of state programs that concluded between 2013 and 2016 as part of the National Background Check Program for long-term care providers.The Background Check Program provides grants to states to develop systems to conduct background checks of State and Federal criminal history records for prospective long-term care employees.The report contains a background of the study, key findings, conclusions, and OIG recommendations to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS . . .