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
Category: Compliance
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Assumption Built Into Most Screening Programs
For a long time, background screening programs have been built around a fairly reasonable-sounding idea: if you have a candidate's Social Security number, you have what you need to find their history. One identifier. ... Read More
Healthcare workforce compliance used to be something you checked off at hire. Now, it is a daily responsibility. Every practitioner, clinician, and technician in your organization needs an active, valid license to practice–not just on their first day, but every ... Read More
When you run a background check, you might assume all criminal records are just a few clicks away online. The reality is more complicated. Many U.S. courts don't maintain searchable online databases, which means accessing certain criminal records requires a ... Read More
