Agenda Cover Memorandum for 02/ - City of West Palm Beach

Hiring Processes – Credentialing & Background
Investigatons
City of West Palm Beach
First Onsite verifies the credentials, experience and background of all prospective clinic
staff members prior to an offer of employment. Reference checks are performed for
three references by telephone using the First Onsite Reference Form, which can also be
faxed or emailed when necessary. A background check is run to determine criminal,
financial, and sex offender status. Personality profiles are performed for management
level candidates using the DISC, Providers AI, and TTI methods.
Limitations on Employment Policy
SCOPE: Employees in all facilities affiliated with the Company including, but not limited to,
hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, physician practices and all
Corporate Departments, Divisions, and Groups.
PURPOSE: To define the legal or ethical limitations that may exist in establishing an
employment relationship with an individual and the responsibility of the hiring manager to
recognize these issues in the hiring process.
POLICY:
1. Hiring of Former Fiscal Intermediary Personnel
a. To ensure compliance with 42 CFR 420.203 and the disclosure of hiring former
employees of fiscal intermediaries, Human Resources will notify the Secretary of Health
and Human Services of the hiring of persons who had been employed in a managerial,
accounting, auditing or similar capacity by a fiscal intermediary during the previous 12
months.
b. Human Resources will send the letter of notification within 30 days of the first day of
employment.
2. Prohibition Against Employment of Ineligible Persons
a. For purposes of this policy, an “Ineligible Person” shall be any individual or entity that:
i. is currently excluded, suspended, debarred or otherwise ineligible to participate in
Federal health care programs;
ii. Has been convicted of a criminal offense related to the provision of health care items
or services but has not yet been excluded, debarred, or otherwise declared ineligible;
or
iii. is currently excluded on a state exclusion list.
b. No Company-affiliated facility, including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, home
health agencies, and physician practices will make an offer of employment to an
applicant who is listed as an Ineligible Person.
c. All applicants are required to answer the following question on the application for
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