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Feds Want Tighter Background Checks For HHA Staffers

Published on Fri May 22, 2015

About 4 percent of reviewed employees had criminal convictions. You may have more hoops to jump through when it comes to vetting your employees, if the HHS Office of Inspector General gets its way. At Congress’ request, the OIG examined whether home health agencies’ current background check practices are keeping out employees who should be disqualified to work in home [...]
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