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Updated July 2026 · ~4 min read You order a background check on a promising caregiver. The criminal searches come back clean. But the SSN trace returns two words that stop the whole process cold: No Matches Found. If your first instinct is to worry, take a deep breath and read on. A no-match result […]
Texas Caregiver Background Checks Made Simple: County, DPS, and NAR/MAR/EMR Screening If you run a home care agency in Texas, you already know the rule: you can’t let a caregiver walk into a client’s home until they pass a background check. Texas law spells out exactly what licensed agencies (HCSSAs) must do before hire — […]
Can an Employer Deny a Job for a Crime Over 7 Years Old? If you’ve heard of the “7-year rule,” you might think old criminal records simply disappear from background checks after seven years. Many job seekers believe this, and many employers assume the opposite: that they can consider any record, no matter how old. […]
FACIS, Medicaid, and VA Contracts: The Caregiver Screening Rules Every Home Care Agency Needs to Know If your home care agency bills Medicaid or holds a contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), you are mandated to do specialized exclusion screening. It is the difference between getting paid and owing the federal government a […]
How Long Does a DUI Show Up on a Background Check? You look up a job applicant online and a DUI pops up, perhaps in a news story or on a police site. But the background check you ordered comes back clean. So what happened? Is the background check company swindling you? A background check […]
Our team often gets asked what to do in the case that a candidate does not have a SSN number. Yes, you can run a background check with no Social Security Number and certain industries will run into this more often than you’d think. At Sure Check, we can still screen these candidates. Here’s exactly […]
