Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) Migrated into the System for Award Management (SAM)
Guidance for : Section 6401 of the Affordable Care Act requires the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish screening procedures for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children�s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) providers and suppliers and to determine the level of screening to be conducted according to the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to the category of provider or supplier. Federal regulations at 42 CFR part 455 Subpart E, published in February 2011, implemented these requirements including a regulatory provision at section 455.436 mandating that state Medicaid agencies check the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS)
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: August 01, 2012
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