Office of the Inspector General and System Awards Management

For the healthcare industry, a search of OIG and SAM/GSA databases are conducted to determine if candidates are on the excluded parties sanction list and prohibited from employment at Medicare and Medicaid reimbursed facilities.

FACIS

This research adds additional layers of excluded party research above and beyond that of an OIG and GSA search. FACIS research will develop information that would not found in either an OIG or GSA database search.

FACIS Level 1M-

This search includes current and historical sanctions taken by the OIG, the SAM/GSA Excluded Parties List and hundreds of federal agencies. This search also includes a search of the Medicaid and Medicare excluded and debarred individuals in the forty-six states that have created a state debarment list.

FACIS Level 2-

Combines the Level 1M search of the OIG and SAM/GSA Excluded Parties List and hundreds of federal agencies plus a search of current and historical disciplinary actions by licensing and certification agencies taken by one state chosen by the client. Please note that the licensing and certification search includes historical sanctions.

FACIS Level 3-

Combines the Level 1 search of the federal agencies described above, state excluded party lists and a search of current and historical disciplinary actions taken by licensing and certification agencies in all fifty states. This is the most comprehensive research available.