Kansas HCBS Compliance · KanCare Network-Ready

Pass your MCO audit.
On the first try.

Kansas HCBS background checks, done right — every required component, every biennial renewal, audit-ready the day Averifi — or the state — calls.

🚨 New — KMAP Bulletin 26103 (June 2026): MCOs now audit 100% of HCBS employees every quarter, starting July 1, 2026. Providers get a 30-day window to close gaps — or risk payment denial, suspension, or termination.Get Compliant →

Every component the HCBS policy requires. One workflow.

NATSB delivers the full KDADS-required screening stack in a single audit-ready workflow. Pre-hire, renewals, and documentation retention handled end-to-end.

✓National Sex Offender Registry

NSOR / NSOPW check against every applicable federal and state registry.

✓Child & Adult Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation

Full multi-registry sweep per KDADS policy and KMAP Bulletin 25091.

✓Criminal History Verification

Name-based and fingerprint-based checks routed to KanCheck and KBI per state protocol.

✓Credential & License Verification

KDADS Nurse Aide Registry, professional boards, and state license-verification endpoints.

✓OIG Exclusion List

Office of Inspector General Medicare/Medicaid exclusion screening. Mandatory for every hire.

✓SAM.gov Federal Debarment

System for Award Management check — required for any federally funded direct-care workforce.

✓Biennial Renewal Automation

Every worker re-checked every two years. No tracking spreadsheets. No missed deadlines.

✓Audit-Ready Documentation

Every check, every component, every result retained in an audit-ready format for MCO review.

Need more? Add it to any package.

À-la-carte add-ons attach per worker — once, or on their own renewal schedule (an MVR can renew annually while the background check stays biennial).

MVR / Driving Record$12 + state fee
Professional License Verification$15
Employment Verification$15
Education Verification$15
5-Panel Drug Screen$55
Included free with every screening account

The Roster: your whole workforce, one screen.

Compliance isn't a stack of reports — it's a living roster. Every worker, every required check, every renewal clock, on one page. If an auditor asks "who was cleared on this date," you answer from the screen, not a filing cabinet.

Your Roster — live view
WorkerRoleBackground (biennial)OIG / SAM (annual)Status
Jordan M.Direct SupportCurrent · renews Mar 2027Current · renews Nov 2026Compliant
Casey B.Direct SupportDue in 28 days — reorder queuedCurrentDue Soon
Terry L.RN (Licensed)CurrentOverdue — auto-reordered todayAction Needed
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Every check on its own clock

Background checks renew biennially, OIG/SAM annually, licenses at expiration. Each requirement tracks independently per worker — never a one-size-fits-all timer.

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Renewals run on their own

When a worker comes due, the rescreen orders automatically. No tracking spreadsheet, no calendar reminders, no missed biennial deadline discovered by an auditor.

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Never a false clear

Green means every required component is current — period. Anything overdue or missing goes amber or red immediately. Your roster never tells you a comfortable lie.

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Clean exits

Enter a termination date and every renewal for that worker stops the same day. Records retained for audit; no phantom workers, no leftover charges.

$6 per worker per year

Check our work. Seriously.

Nobody's perfect — including us. The Audit module puts every check we've ever run on your workforce in front of you, evidence attached, and gives you a button to challenge any of it. Flag a result and NATSB re-researches it at no additional fee, then posts a documented correction notice back to your account.

It does two things: it makes you confident in every result you've received, and every flag makes our searches sharper. By the time your MCO audit arrives, you've already audited yourself.

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Self-audit workspace

Every worker, every check, last-audited and next-due dates. Work through your roster on a rolling 24-month cycle that mirrors the MCO audit.

Evidence one click away

Each result links to its source documentation — timestamped, retained, and exportable in the format auditors ask for.

Flag anything, free re-research

Missing signature? Name mismatch? Result looks off? Flag it with a reason code. Our screening bureau re-runs it and documents the outcome — no charge, ever.

Audit dashboard

Compliance percentage, due and overdue counts, open findings — the answer to “what's your compliance posture?” before anyone asks.

Be Averifi-ready.

If your agency contracts with Sunflower, UnitedHealthcare, or Healthy Blue, Averifi will audit you annually.

"The most common reason providers fail the HCBS audit: non-compliant employee background checks."
— Averifi HCBS Provider Audit Training

Averifi identifies the problem. NATSB prevents it. Every worker you onboard through NATSB is audit-ready from day one — every required component, every required registry, every required document retained and exportable when Averifi asks.

Explicitly permitted. Explicitly required.

NATSB operates inside the lanes KDADS and KDHE have drawn. Nothing gray. Nothing improvised.

KDADS Document 5627, Point 9Third-party vendors are explicitly permitted.

"Employers may use platforms or services that facilitate the collection of information and documentation for the delivery of the HCBS required background check to the employer, provided that all components of the background check, as outlined in the HCBS policy, are fully satisfied."

KMAP General Bulletin 25091Effective April 1, 2025.

Multi-registry background checks required before any direct-access work begins. Re-check every two years. Documentation retained in each employee file. OIG exclusion check mandatory — no exceptions for self-directed or participant-hired workers.

K.S.A. 39-970 / 65-5117 / 39-2009One unified statute. Three provider settings.

Since July 1, 2018, Adult Care Homes, Home Health Agencies, and HCBS providers have operated under an identical prohibited-offense list. One vendor, one workflow, every setting.

KanCheck — Nov 19, 2025Unified state CRC portal.

KDADS now operates a single submission point for name-based checks. NATSB routes your submissions correctly, coordinates fingerprint intake (KBI, DCF sites, Pearson VUE), and fills the components the state portal doesn't handle (NSOR national, OIG, SAM, credential verification).

Why providers choose NATSB

We are Kansas-based. We already serve HCBS providers. We know the statute, the registries, and the audit.

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Kansas-built, Kansas-run

We live inside the KDADS / KDHE / KBI compliance framework every day. Not a national vendor configured for Kansas — a Kansas vendor built around these rules.

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Every component, one workflow

NSOPW, OIG, SAM, KDADS Nurse Aide Registry, DCF, KanCheck routing, credential verification — unified into a single audit-ready package.

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Ready the day Averifi calls

Every check, every component, every document retained in the format MCO auditors want. No scramble. No gaps. No first-try failures.

★ Sign up in 2026 — 20% off list, locked through December 31, 2026

Two ways to meet the mandate.

Required is the Kansas HCBS state minimum — every check in KMAP Bulletin 26103, exactly. Recommended adds the out-of-state searches a Kansas-only check can miss. Both are pre-hire and every two years after, and both include the Roster, the LaunchLink applicant experience, automated renewals, and professional review of adverse results. MVR is added automatically for anyone who transports participants; licensed & clinical roles automatically add license and employment verification.

STATE MINIMUM

Required

The Kansas HCBS mandate — exactly. Where most providers start.

$71.25 list
$57.00
+ state fees, per worker · 2026 rate*
✓KDADS Criminal Record Check (KBI / KanCheck)
✓DCF Adult Abuse Registry (APS)
✓DCF Child Abuse Registry (CPS)
✓KDADS Nurse Aide Registry (ANE) — when applicable
✓National Sex Offender Registry (NSOPW)
✓OIG Exclusions — monitored annually

MVR added automatically for drivers. Maps 1:1 to KMAP Bulletin 26103.

RECOMMENDED

Recommended

Adds the searches that catch out-of-state records a Kansas-only check misses.

$108.75 list
~$87
+ state fees · final rate at launch†
✓Everything in Required, plus:
✓SSN Trace + Address & Alias History
✓National Criminal Database
✓County Criminal (7-year)

The thorough choice for multi-state work histories.

Licensed & clinical roles (RNs, LPNs, LMHPs) automatically add professional license and employment verification after signup — driven by the role, with no separate package to pick.

*20% off list price for accounts opened in 2026; rate locked through December 31, 2026. Volume and association discounts available — best single discount applies. State and court fees (e.g. KBI, DCF registry fees) are billed at actual cost and passed through with no markup — same price for initial screens and biennial re-screens. Roster included free · Audit module $6 per worker per year. Active accounts carry a $10/month Access & Technology fee and a $100 annual service minimum. † Recommended package pricing is finalized at launch.

Set up your account.

Get started in just a few minutes. Sign up and your information goes straight to our NATSB screening team — we'll verify your organization and email you as soon as your next step is ready.

Your organization
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If you operate under a different name than your legal name.
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Business address
Your contact information
e.g. HR Director, Owner, Compliance Officer.
Best if this is the number listed for your business.
A little about your program
An estimate is fine — it just helps us size your account.

Your account request goes straight to our secure CelerityVault platform — service agreement included. Signing up locks your 2026 rate.

Who this program covers

The same statute — K.S.A. 39-970, K.S.A. 65-5117, K.S.A. 39-2009 — governs Adult Care Homes, Home Health Agencies, and HCBS providers under a single unified prohibited-offense list.

HCBS Providers — all seven waivers

•Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
•Autism (AU)
•Brain Injury (BI / TBI)
•Frail Elderly (FE)
•Physical Disability (PD)
•Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED)
•Technology Assisted (TA)

Adult Care Homes & HHAs

•Nursing Facilities (~300 in Kansas)
•Assisted Living
•Home Plus residences
•Residential Health Care
•ICF/IID
•Licensed Home Health Agencies (126 in Kansas)
•Skilled Services, HCBS Waiver, Non-Medical Supportive Care

KanCare Network Partners

•Sunflower Health Plan
•UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
•Healthy Blue
•CDDOs — all 27 in Kansas
•Community Mental Health Centers (26 statewide)
•Financial Management Services (FMS) providers

Three things changed. All three make compliance harder.

Kansas HCBS providers are navigating three back-to-back regulatory shifts. Miss any component and your next audit finds it.

April 2025 — KMAP Bulletin 25091

New multi-registry background-check mandate. Pre-hire clearance required before any direct-access work. Re-check every two years. Full documentation retention in every employee file.

November 2025 — KanCheck consolidation

KDADS consolidated the state CRC submission process into a single portal. Providers must navigate the new workflow, route fingerprints correctly, and reconcile state and federal components.

Annual Averifi audit

Commissioned jointly by Sunflower, UnitedHealthcare, and Healthy Blue. Averifi samples your staff roster and checks compliance against national registries. The #1 failure reason: non-compliant employee background checks.

Stop failing audits. Start passing them.

Not ready to sign up? Book a 15-minute compliance review. We will audit your current workflow against the KDADS required components and show you what is missing.