Common use of Screening Requirements Clause in Contracts

Screening Requirements. Good Shepherd shall ensure that all prospective and current Covered Persons are not Ineligible Persons, by implementing the following screening requirements. a. Good Shepherd shall screen all prospective Covered Persons against the Exclusion Lists prior to engaging their services and, as part of the hiring or contracting process, shall require such Covered Persons to disclose whether they are Ineligible Persons. b. Good Shepherd shall screen all Covered Persons against the Exclusion Lists within 90 days after the Effective Date and thereafter shall screen against the LEIE on a monthly basis and screen against XXX on an annual basis. c. Good Shepherd shall implement a policy requiring all Covered Persons to disclose immediately any debarment, exclusion, or suspension. Nothing in Section III.G affects Good Shepherd’s responsibility to refrain from (and liability for) billing Federal health care programs for items or services furnished, ordered, or prescribed by an excluded person. Good Shepherd understands that items or services furnished, ordered, or prescribed by excluded persons are not payable by Federal health care programs and that Good Shepherd may be liable for overpayments and/or criminal, civil, and administrative sanctions for employing or contracting with an excluded person regardless of whether Good Shepherd meets the requirements of Section III.G.

Screening Requirements. Good Shepherd WellCare shall ensure that all prospective and current Covered Persons are not Ineligible Persons, by implementing the following screening requirements. a. Good Shepherd WellCare shall screen all prospective and current Covered Persons against the Exclusion Lists prior to engaging their services and, as part of the hiring or contracting process, shall require such Covered Persons to disclose whether they are Ineligible Persons.. Corporate Integrity Agreement WellCare Health Plans, Inc. b. Good Shepherd WellCare shall screen all Covered Persons against the Exclusion Lists within 90 days after the Effective Date and thereafter shall screen against the LEIE on a monthly basis and screen against XXX on an annual basisbasis thereafter. c. Good Shepherd WellCare shall implement a policy requiring all Covered Persons to disclose immediately any debarment, exclusion, suspension, or suspensionother event that makes that person an Ineligible Person. Nothing in this Section III.G affects Good Shepherd’s the responsibility of (or liability for) WellCare to refrain from (and liability for) billing Federal health care programs for items or services furnished, ordered, or prescribed by an excluded personIneligible Person. Good Shepherd WellCare understands that items or services furnished, ordered, or prescribed furnished by excluded persons are not payable by Federal health care programs and that Good Shepherd WellCare may be liable for overpayments and/or criminal, civil, and administrative sanctions for employing or contracting with an excluded person regardless of whether Good Shepherd WellCare meets the requirements of Section III.G.III.F.