Healthcare

DHHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) List Search

Search of federal government supported database of debarments and exclusions from federal procurement and no-procurement programs. If a name match is discovered, CS will make a reasonable attempt to identify the data on the list to the subject of the background investigation.

General Services Administration (GSA) List Search

Search of federal government supported database of debarments and exclusions. If a name match is discovered CS will make a reasonable attempt to identify the data on the list to the subject of the background investigation.

National Practitioner Databank Search (NPDB)

The NPDB is primarily an alert or flagging system intended to facilitate a comprehensive review of health care practitioners' professional credentials. The information contained in the NPDB is intended to direct discrete inquiry into, and scrutiny of, specific areas of a practitioner's licensure, professional society memberships, medical malpractice payment history, and record of clinical privileges. The information contained in the NPDB should be considered together with other relevant data in evaluating a practitioner's credentials; it is intended to augment, not replace, traditional forms of credentials review.

Fraud Abuse and Control Information System (FACIS)

Because disciplinary actions and other sanctions are tracked and reported by numerous agencies or associations in each state, healthcare employers frequently struggle to determine what constitutes a reasonable search effort. The Fraud Abuse and Control Information System, known as FACIS, is a database information service that offers sanction histories on individuals and entities in the healthcare field. FACIS reports on disciplinary actions from exclusions and debarments to probation and letters of reprimand.

The search includes information provided by Federal agencies as well as more than 800 licensing and certification agencies located in all 50 states. FACIS provides information on more than 50 types of healthcare professionals, from physicians and midwives to home health agencies and ambulatory services. The search also references the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) SDN and Blocked Persons List.

Financial

National Association of Securities Dealers - Central Records Depository (NASD-CRD)

A search of public records from the National Association of Securities Dealers Central Records Depository, the CRD includes records provided by individual brokers, NASD member firms and securities regulators as part of the securities industry registration and licensing process. The information returned pertains to the broker's employment history, approved registrations and disclosure events, including but not limited to certain criminal charges and convictions, regulatory actions, civil judicial actions, consumer initiated complaints, terminations and certain financial actions.