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The Ohio Department of Medicaid recently announced a new rule that will require background checks for all Medicaid providers in the state. Medicaid providers are health services practitioners who accept Medicaid payments and bill the state directly for these services. The new rules from the Ohio Department of Medicaid\u2014which went into effect on July 1\u2014require Medicaid providers to obtain a Medicaid billing number through the state to receive reimbursements for services provided. No Medicaid provider can get this billing number\u00a0without passing a criminal background check.<\/p>\n

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According to a report from Ohio Watchdog, this new policy has drawn\u00a0ire\u00a0from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU argues the new rules are at odds with the stance Ohio Governor John Kasich has taken on\u00a0criminal justice reform\u00a0throughout his term in leadership. Kasich called for the background checks in July by way of executive order. ACLU lobbyist Gary Daniels compared the policy to a \u201cbig door shutting in those people\u2019s faces,\u201d with \u201cthose people\u201d being healthcare practitioners with criminal records.<\/p>\n

Not all crimes would prevent a person from becoming a Medicaid provider. Per coverage, the list of crimes that would bar someone from playing this role in the\u00a0health care\u00a0system is primarily comprised of violent\u00a0offenses. Convictions for crimes such as murder, rape, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and aggravated robbery would all bar someone from becoming a Medicaid provider in the state of Ohio. Several non-violent\u00a0offenses\u00a0are also on the list, including prostitution, drug trafficking, and theft.<\/p>\n

According to a report published by WOSU Public Media, a Columbus-based radio station, the new background check requirement is most likely to hit practitioners\u00a0with drug use\u00a0(and drug convictions) in their pasts. WOSU spoke with several\u00a0counselors\u00a0who work with drug-addicted patients and try to help them get and stay clean. In some instances, these\u00a0counselors\u00a0can offer the assistance and advice they provide because of their backgrounds. One\u00a0counselor\u00a0interviewed in the WOSU segment has a heroin trafficking conviction in her past. She chose her field because she wanted to give back to the community and help people who were in a similar situation to the one she once knew.<\/p>\n

Under the new Ohio Department of Medicaid background check rule, practitioners such as these would likely be barred from participating in the state\u2019s Medicaid program.<\/p>\n

WOSU spoke with Tom Betti, the Department of Medicaid spokesperson, who said the rule might be tweaked to allow for a \u201ctiering structure.\u201d The background check requirement currently applies to all healthcare professionals\u2014from doctors and nurses to dentists all the way to\u00a0behavioral\u00a0health\u00a0counselors.<\/p>\n

Legislators are meeting this month to discuss whether certain fields ought to be given more leeway with their criminal background checks. Those discussions began on October 1. In the meantime, practitioners with criminal backgrounds have been able to go to court and receive temporary qualifying certificates to be Medicaid providers.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.watchdog.org\/ohio\/critics-decry-medicaid-provider-background-checks-as-a-step-back\/article_5e24b3b0-bda3-11e8-a2d0-ef6f7e231303.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/radio.wosu.org\/post\/ohio-medicaid-will-enforce-background-checks-providers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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