Common use of Fraud Prevention Clause in Contracts

Fraud Prevention. A. To screen its employees and contractors to determine if they have been excluded from Medicare, Medicaid, or any federal or state health care program. The Provider agrees to search monthly the HHS-Office of Inspector General ("OIG") and HHSC-OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities ("LEIE") websites to capture exclusions and reinstatements that have occurred since the last search and to immediately report to HHSC-OIG any exclusion information the Provider discovers. Exclusionary searches for prospective employees and contractors shall be performed prior to employment or contracting.