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Healthcare Background Checks: OIG, SAM & FACIS Explained

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Healthcare screening is different. Beyond the criminal and identity checks every employer runs, healthcare organizations face a federal mandate with real teeth: hiring or retaining anyone excluded from federal healthcare programs can trigger civil monetary penalties and repayment of every claim that person touched. Here’s what a compliant healthcare screening program looks like.

The exclusion lists you must check

OIG LEIE

The Office of Inspector General’s List of Excluded Individuals and Entities names people barred from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health programs — typically for fraud convictions, patient abuse, or license revocations. Employing an excluded person in any role that touches federally funded care, even indirectly, exposes you to penalties.

Ban-the-Box Laws: What Employers Need to Know

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

If your job application still has a checkbox asking “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?”, there’s a good chance it’s illegal in at least some of the places you hire. Ban-the-box laws — also called fair chance laws — remove criminal history questions from the initial application and control when in the hiring process you may run a background check or consider the results.

What ban-the-box laws actually require

The details vary by jurisdiction, but the common structure is:

How Much Does an Employment Background Check Cost?

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Most background check companies make you sit through a sales call to hear a price. We publish ours, so let’s use real numbers: employment background checks range from about $8 for a basic criminal package to $75–100+ for a comprehensive executive screen. Here’s what you actually get at each level, what drives the price, and the fee traps to watch for.

Real-world pricing tiers

Our package pricing is representative of what screening should cost:

How Far Back Do Background Checks Go?

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

“How far back does a background check go?” is one of the most common questions we hear from employers and candidates alike — and the honest answer is: it depends on the type of record and where you’re hiring. Federal law sets a floor, several states go further, and some records have no lookback limit at all. Here’s how it actually works.

The federal baseline: the FCRA’s seven-year rule

The Fair Credit Reporting Act limits what a consumer reporting agency may include in an employment background check:

FCRA Compliance for Employers: A Practical Guide

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) governs how employers may obtain and use background checks. It’s enforced by the FTC and CFPB, it allows private lawsuits — including class actions over paperwork mistakes — and most claims come down to a handful of process steps that are easy to get right once you build them into your hiring workflow.

This guide covers the core federal requirements. (State and local laws can add more; when in doubt, involve counsel.)

What Shows Up on an Employment Background Check?

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Whether you’re an employer building a screening program or a candidate wondering what your future employer will see, the contents of an employment background check are governed by what the employer orders and what the law allows to be reported. Here’s a clear breakdown.

What a background check can include

A pre-employment background check is not one search — it’s a package of individual searches the employer selects. The most common components:

How Long Does an Employment Background Check Take?

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

If you’re waiting on a background check to extend an offer, every hour counts. Slow screening is one of the most common reasons employers lose strong candidates to competitors. So how long should a background check actually take?

The short answer: most employment background checks are completed within 8 to 24 hours when your screening provider is connected directly to digitized records sources. Some individual searches finish in minutes; a few specialized checks can take several days. Here’s the full breakdown.

Consumer Information Privacy Policy

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Consumer Information Privacy Policy

5 Star Background Checks, Inc. is a consumer reporting agency. It is required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. (“FCRA”) to maintain the confidentiality of all consumer information.

5 Star Background Checks, Inc. obtains information on an individual consumer only upon the request of a user who has a permissible purpose under the FCRA to request information on that consumer in order to provide consumer reports. The FCRA requires a user for employment purposes to certify to us that it has a permissible purpose for the report and has obtained the written consent of the consumer to request information before we can supply the requested information. The user must submit to reasonable audits by us to confirm that it is, in fact, obtaining such consents. All users must certify that they have a permissible purpose to request a report such as credit, insurance, and renting an apartment. Our customers agree to keep your information confidential and secure.