The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act) created the Nationwide Program for National and State Background Checks on Direct Patient Access Employees of Long-term Care Facilities and Providers (National Background Check Program) in 2010. This program provided Federal financial assistance to States to develop or enhance programs for conducting background checks of prospective long-term care employees

In addition to the program requirements, the Act mandated the Office of Inspecto…

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