OIG exclusion screening for home health agencies
Every employee and contracted worker is checked against the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities, and checked again each time OIG publishes a new list. Matches wait for your review. Proof of each check is filed with the person's record.
OIG's guidance is current staff and contractors, every month. A once-at-hire check isn't that.
Checks happen at hire
A name is searched the week someone starts and never again, though the list changes every month.
Benson re-screens everyone when each new OIG list is published.Common names, false alarms
A search for a common name returns pages of results nobody has time to clear.
Plainly different people are cleared automatically; only real possibles wait for you.Proof is a screenshot
The evidence of a check is a screenshot in someone's downloads folder, if it exists.
Each check is filed as a document with the person's record, named for the list it ran against.Contractors are forgotten
Workers from a contracted company are on the schedule but not on anyone's screening list.
Contracted workers are screened with the same pass as employees.Runs by itself. Asks you only when it should.
Screening is part of the personnel record, not a separate tool. New people are checked when they're added, everyone is re-checked when OIG publishes, and the review queue holds only what a person needs to decide.
- Possible matches show the OIG record beside the person, with the differences highlighted
- Cleared matches stay cleared; the same record doesn't come back every month
- Proof of every pass is kept for survey
Three steps. Then it runs.
Add the person
Employees and contracted workers are screened when they're added to Benson.
→Each new OIG list
When OIG republishes, every active person is checked again. You do nothing.
→Review what's left
Only possible matches reach you. Clear or confirm, and the proof is filed.
→What agencies ask about this.
Which list does Benson check?
The OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE), downloaded from OIG when each monthly version is published.
What counts as a possible match?
A name match where the available details don't rule the person out. A record with a clearly different date of birth is cleared automatically; anything closer waits for you.
Is the proof enough for a surveyor?
Each check is filed as a document under the person's record, named for the OIG list it was run against, with the result. It prints with the rest of the compliance file.
More answers on the home page FAQ.
See the screening queue on the demo.
We run a check live, show a possible match beside the OIG record, and file the proof. Then we show you where it sits in the personnel file.