Healthcare Background Check

What is a Healthcare Background Check?

A healthcare background check is a background check designed for the healthcare industry. Healthcare companies are requiring background checks from their employees more than ever in the 21st century. The healthcare background checks can be used for most professions in the healthcare field. Here at The Koleman Group LLC we have prepackaged our health care industry background checks into two main packages: The basic healthcare background check and the standard healthcare background check. Order a healthcare background check.

Basic Healthcare Background Check

This background check consists of three services.

• Nationwide Criminal Search
• Sex Offender Search
• OIG Healthcare Sanctions

This background check is designed for entry level positions in the healthcare field, but not limited to:

• CNA's
• Caregivers
• Medical Assistants
• Medical Billers
• Medical Secretary
• Occupational Therapist Aide
• Psychiatric aide
• Pharmacy Technician
• Medical Labratory Technician
• Home Health Aid
• and more...

Standard Healthcare Background Check

This background check consists of:

• Nationwide Criminal Search
• Sex Offender Search
• OIG Healthcare Sanctions
• Education Verification
• Employment Verification

This background check is designed for mid level positions in the healthcare field, but not limited to:

• LPN's(License Practical Nurse)
• RN's(Registered Nurse)
• Critical Care Nurse
• Doctors
• Surgeons
• Dentist
• Healthcare Specialist
• and more

Most of the healthcare screeing needs will be met with these two packages. If not, you can always create your own background check. Also you may need livescan fingerprinting depending on the state laws.

Why are healthcare background checks important?

In the healthcare field conducting a background check on employees and potential employees can be vital to not just the industry but the company as well. Did you know that 63 percent of healthcare employers reported catching applicants lying on their resume? Now while lying on any resume is bad, resume fraud in the healthcare industry can be much more detrimental.

Having qualified healthcare professionals is vital to all healthcare industries across the world. By background checking employees and potential employees, employers can contribute to the high standard of the healthcare industry. Negligent hiring for healthcare professions can cost healthcare employers billions in lawsuits, legal fees and can play a role in cost government funding to healthcare institutions like hospitals, medical offices and more.

In the healthcare field, most positions require a postsecondary education, technical training and on-the-job experience. So conducting a an employment verification and education verification can filter the out application who falsify information their resumes.

How long does it take to get the results of a healthcare background check?

Healthcare background checks turnaround may vary. Due to how comprehensive healthcare background checks can get, it can take anywhere from one day to four weeks.

How much does it cost to conduct a healthcare background check?

The cost of conducting a healthcare background check can vary. Our healthcare background check services can range anywhere from $15 to $100 plus depending on how comprehensive the service is.

Do you have other solutions for healthcare background checks?

Yes, we have do have a healthcare background check API, designed specifically for the healthcare industry. This no code healthcare background check API, allows healthcare employers to integrate background checks into their hiring process. This API includes a nationwide criminal search, sex offender search, and an OIG healthcare sanctions search. With our database of over 500 million records, employers can get an applicant’s healthcare background instantly. Note: that this service is only available for the United States and territories including, Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and minor outlying islands

What are laws required for conducting healthcare background checks?

When conducting healthcare screening employers must get an applicant’s consent to run a background check. This can be achieved by getting the consent from the applicant by the employer and or allowing the background check company or consumer reporting company to get the applicant’s consent. By getting an applicant’s consent healthcare companies and background check companies ensure that they are in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act or better pronounced FCRA.

What do some rights healthcare applicants have when conducting a background check?

Applicants have rights when request to conduct a background check from employers.

Applicants have a right to ask for a credit score. This can be requested from credit bureaus who are the consumer reporting agencies that create the credit scores, or distribute the credit scores.

Applicants have a right to dispute any incomplete or inaccurate information on your healthcare background check. Any information found on your background that is inaccurate can be disputed and potentially removed from the consumer reporting agency who conducted the background investigation.