Wyoming FACIS® background checks: Levels 1M & 3 explained
A Wyoming-specific breakdown of the FACIS® healthcare exclusion search: what Level 1M covers, what Level 3 adds from Wyoming boards and Medicaid enforcement, and which level fits which employer.
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Short answer
What is the difference between FACIS® Level 1M and Level 3 in Wyoming?
FACIS® Level 1M covers federal exclusion sources — OIG-LEIE, SAM.gov, and OFAC. FACIS® Level 3 adds Wyoming sources: the Wyoming Medicaid Sanctioned or Excluded Provider List, the Wyoming Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and disciplinary records from the Wyoming medical, nursing, and pharmacy boards. Level 3 is the standard for direct-patient-care and licensed roles.
Every Wyoming organization that bills a federally funded healthcare program — Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, or a state Medicaid managed-care plan — is required to verify that its employees, contractors, and vendors are not excluded from participation. FACIS® is the standard tool for that verification. This guide covers what a FACIS® search returns in Wyoming and which level fits your workforce.
What is a FACIS® background check in Wyoming?
FACIS® (Fraud and Abuse Control Information System) is a healthcare-specific sanction database that aggregates federal exclusion and debarment records with state licensing, Medicaid, and Attorney General enforcement data. Run against a Wyoming candidate, a Level 3 FACIS® search reaches into the Wyoming Medicaid Sanctioned or Excluded Provider List, the Wyoming Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and the disciplinary records of every Wyoming healthcare licensing board.
Wyoming sources included in FACIS® Level 3
- Wyoming Medicaid Sanctioned or Excluded Provider List
- Wyoming Medicaid Fraud Control Unit enforcement actions
- Wyoming Board of Medicine disciplinary actions
- Wyoming Board of Nursing disciplinary actions
- Wyoming Board of Pharmacy disciplinary actions
- Wyoming dental, behavioral health, and allied-health board actions
- Wyoming Attorney General healthcare-fraud actions
- Wyoming contractor disqualification and debarment lists
Wyoming hiring rules that shape a healthcare screening program
FACIS® answers the exclusion question, but a Wyoming healthcare hire also runs into state-specific reporting and inquiry rules. Wyoming applies FCRA.
Criminal-history inquiry timing. No statewide ban-the-box statute. That matters for clinical hiring in Wyoming because a FACIS® hit and a county criminal hit often arrive together, and the order in which you may act on them is set by state law, not by the report.
Drug and cannabis testing. Wyoming has not legalized cannabis in any form. Standard drug-testing policies apply.
Salary history. No statewide salary-history ban.
Practical note for Wyoming providers. Wyoming requires a signed authorization to release state criminal-history records.
Primary Wyoming citations: Wyo. Stat. §7-19-106 (state record access)
Full detail lives in the Wyoming background check guide.
Federal sources included in every FACIS® search
Both Level 1M and Level 3 include the federal exclusion sources that satisfy OIG and CMS baseline requirements for Wyoming providers:
- OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE)
- System for Award Management (SAM), including SDN
- OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list
- FDA Debarment List
- DEA administrative actions
- GSA excluded parties
- TRICARE excluded providers
- U.S. Department of Justice, Treasury, and State healthcare-fraud actions
FACIS® Level 1M vs. Level 3 for Wyoming employers
| Federal exclusion lists | Level 1M ✓ Level 3 ✓ |
| Wyoming Medicaid exclusions | Level 1M ✗ Level 3 ✓ |
| WY licensing board disciplinary actions | Level 1M ✗ Level 3 ✓ |
| Wyoming AG healthcare-fraud actions | Level 1M ✗ Level 3 ✓ |
Which Wyoming employers need Level 3?
If any of the following describe your Wyoming organization, Level 3 is the right search. Level 1M is not enough to see WY board sanctions or Wyoming Medicaid exclusions:
- Wyoming hospitals, health systems, and physician groups
- Skilled nursing, assisted-living, and long-term-care operators in Wyoming
- Home health, hospice, and DME suppliers billing Wyoming Medicaid
- Behavioral health, telehealth, and substance-use providers licensed in Wyoming
- Any employer with clinical staff holding a WY license alongside licenses in other states
How often should Wyoming providers re-screen?
The OIG Special Advisory Bulletin recommends monthly re-screening against the LEIE. Wyoming Medicaid enrollment agreements generally impose the same monthly cadence against the Wyoming Medicaid Sanctioned or Excluded Provider List. A pre-hire FACIS® check is the starting point; continuous monthly monitoring is what catches sanctions that land after the hire date.
How SafestHires runs FACIS® for Wyoming employers
SafestHires offers FACIS® Level 1M and FACIS® Level 3 as standalone searches or bundled into a Wyoming healthcare hiring package alongside primary-source license verification, sex-offender registry checks, and county criminal history. Ongoing monthly monitoring is available for the entire workforce from the same dashboard.
FACIS® turnaround time for Wyoming employers
A single-name FACIS® Level 3 search on a Wyoming candidate typically returns in minutes because most sources are queried via live API. Manual review kicks in only when the search returns a potential match that needs WY board or Wyoming Medicaid-exclusion identifier confirmation before it can be reported. See the SafestHires turnaround guide for a full breakdown of what drives timing across all searches in a Wyoming hire.
Building a complete Wyoming healthcare hiring package
FACIS® is the sanction-and-exclusion layer of a healthcare hire, but it is only one component. A complete Wyoming clinical hiring package typically pairs FACIS® Level 3 with:
- Primary-source license verification against the Wyoming Board of Medicine, Wyoming Board of Nursing, and Wyoming Board of Pharmacy
- County criminal history for every Wyoming county lived or worked in during the FCRA lookback window
- National sex offender registry and Wyoming-specific abuse/neglect registry lookups
- Employment and education verification, including internship and residency dates
- Drug screening under Wyoming employer policy — 5- or 10-panel lab-based
- Financial Risk Search for Wyoming finance, revenue-cycle, and executive roles with fiduciary duties (bankruptcies, judgments, liens from public records)
See Wyoming background check laws for the state-level rules that shape package design, and the package builder to assemble a Wyoming healthcare package end-to-end.
Frequently asked questions about FACIS® in Wyoming
What is the penalty if a Wyoming employer bills for services from an excluded provider?
Under 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7a, civil monetary penalties can reach up to $21,000 per item or service claimed, plus treble damages, plus repayment of every dollar that touched the excluded person's work. State Medicaid Fraud Control Units in Wyoming can pursue additional penalties under state false-claims statutes.
Is a Financial Risk Search recommended for Wyoming healthcare hires?
For clinical roles, FACIS® plus primary-source license verification and county criminal history is the compliance-driven baseline. For Wyoming healthcare finance, revenue-cycle, and executive roles with fiduciary responsibility, the SafestHires Financial Risk Search — bankruptcies, civil judgments, and tax liens from public records — is a common add-on to surface public financial-risk indicators before hire.
Does FACIS® replace primary-source license verification in Wyoming?
No. FACIS® surfaces disciplinary and sanction history, but it does not confirm that a WY license is currently active and in good standing. SafestHires runs primary-source license verification against each Wyoming board alongside FACIS® on every clinical hire.