Healthcare compliance screening
At 3rd Degree Screening, we understand that patient safety is of paramount importance for healthcare organizations. Our Healthcare Sanction Searches — powered by FACIS® (Fraud Abuse Control Information System), the gold standard data platform used nationwide — provide your organization with the tools to identify individuals and entities excluded from federal and state healthcare programs.
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5,000+ sources queried
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FACIS-powered healthcare screening
Our Healthcare Sanction Searches are powered by FACIS® (Fraud Abuse Control Information System), owned and maintained by Verisys. FACIS includes primary source content from federal and state sources for exclusions, sanctions, debarments, and disciplinary actions against healthcare professionals and businesses.
A FACIS Level 3 background check is the gold standard in exclusion screening, encompassing the entire FACIS database — over 5,000 data sources, millions of individual records, historical data dating back to 1992, and over 75,000 records added monthly — for the most comprehensive healthcare sanction search available.
A FACIS Level 1 background screening covers the minimum standards outlined in the OIG Compliance Program Guidance — including federal databases such as the Systems for Award Management (SAM) and the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE), as well as applicable state-specific databases.
FACIS Level 3 covers essential federal sources including OIG, SAM, FDA Disbarment, DEA, TRICARE, FBI, U.S. DOJ, U.S. Treasury Dept, and U.S. State Dept — plus all state-level Federal Healthcare Entitlement Program (FHEP) sources including State Medicaid Exclusions and Medicare/Medicaid Opt-Out Lists.
FACIS continuously monitors providers even after their initial screening — ensuring your healthcare organization remains vigilant in maintaining compliance and patient safety long after the initial hire or credentialing decision.
Employing an OIG-excluded provider — even unknowingly — can result in millions in penalties. FACIS Level 3 through 3rd Degree makes it impossible to miss one. It is the most comprehensive search we have found.
Sarah M.
Healthcare Compliance Officer
We credential hundreds of providers per month. 3rd Degree's FACIS-powered sanction checks scale with our volume without slowing our credentialing pipeline — and the depth of coverage is unmatched.
James K.
Medical Staffing Director
The continuous monitoring feature is what set 3rd Degree apart for us. We needed protection from mid-employment exclusions, not just pre-hire screening — FACIS delivers both.
Patricia R.
Hospital HR Director
5,000+
FACIS® data sources
The gold standard platform
1992
Historical data since
Decades of sanction records
75,000+
Records added monthly
Continuously updated
NCQA + URAC
Verisys certified
Highest industry standards
How It Works
Our Healthcare Sanction Searches are powered by FACIS® — querying over 5,000 federal and state data sources simultaneously to deliver the most accurate, comprehensive exclusion screening available in the healthcare industry.
Provide the healthcare provider's or entity's name, NPI, and other identifying details for the sanction search through the platform.
We query the full FACIS database — encompassing OIG, SAM, LEIE, DEA, TRICARE, state Medicaid exclusions, Medicare/Medicaid Opt-Out Lists, and thousands of additional federal and state sources — simultaneously.
Any potential matches are reviewed against primary source data to confirm or rule out the finding — eliminating false positives before they reach your report.
You receive a comprehensive healthcare sanction report with all confirmed findings documented. Continuous FACIS monitoring is activated to alert you if the provider's status changes post-screening.
Comprehensive coverage
Patient safety
Billing Medicare or Medicaid for services provided by an excluded individual can result in severe financial penalties and exclusion from federal healthcare programs. Our FACIS-powered Healthcare Sanction Searches identify excluded providers before they ever interact with a patient or appear on a claim.
FACIS Level 3
There is no single consolidated list of excluded healthcare providers. FACIS Level 3 solves that by aggregating over 5,000 federal and state data sources — including historical records dating back to 1992 — into one search. No other platform offers the same depth, breadth, or continuous update frequency.
Continuous monitoring
Healthcare providers can be excluded after you have credentialed or hired them. FACIS continuous monitoring alerts you the moment a provider appears on any exclusion database post-screening — so you can act before it becomes a compliance violation or a billing risk.
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