Most conversations in background screening focus on the same short list: faster turnaround times, new AI features, cleaner candidate experiences, better platform integrations. Those things matter, but there's a quieter factor that often determines whether real innovation actually happens, and ... Read More
Category: Compliance
A "good enough" background check might actually be good enough for a lot of industries: healthcare is not one of them.
Place a clinician at the bedside, send a caregiver into a patient's home, or staff a critical hospital department, and ... Read More
May 4, 2026Ashley McManus
AI is everywhere in 2026. Every vendor pitch deck seems to promise "AI-powered" everything; faster decisions, lower costs, fewer errors. Background screening is no exception.
But if you're responsible for hiring in healthcare or healthcare staffing, you can't afford to adopt ... Read More
April 27, 2026Ashley McManus
If your hiring volume has dipped and your team has more breathing room than it did a year ago, you are in a better position than you might think. Slower periods tend to surface inefficiencies that rapid growth buried, and ... Read More
April 16, 2026Ashley McManus
A recap of a joint Universal Background Screening & Verisys webinar
The headlines keep coming.
Another healthcare organization fined for employing an excluded provider. A health plan forced to repay millions for claims tied to a sanctioned clinician. A large system struggling ... Read More
April 13, 2026Ashley McManus
Effective April 18, 2026, a new amendment to New York’s Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) dramatically limits how New York employers can use an applicant’s or employee’s credit history. In general, it will be unlawful for employers to request or use credit reports or ... Read More
April 10, 2026Ashley McManus
Candidate Fraud and Identity in 2026: Getting It Right Without Breaking the Experience
If you lead a healthcare system or a healthcare staffing firm, you've almost certainly felt it by now: candidate fraud is no longer a fringe issue. It comes ... Read More
April 1, 2026Ashley McManus
How embedded compliance in background screening protects healthcare staffing firms — without slowing down clinical hiring
There's a conversation happening in healthcare staffing organizations across the country, usually between a compliance manager and a recruiter, and it usually goes something like ... Read More
March 20, 2026Ashley McManus
Employers rely on criminal background checks to support safe workplaces, protect their organizations, and make informed hiring decisions. Many people assume criminal searches come from a single source. In reality, background screening uses several types of searches that work together ... Read More
March 10, 2026Ashley McManus
For years, background screening has centered on a single deliverable: the report. A candidate gets ordered, checks get run, data gets gathered, and out comes a bundled document covering everything from criminal records to occupational health results. In plenty of ... Read More
March 5, 2026Ashley McManus










