North Carolina's DMA (Division of Medical Assistance) has removed the NC OIG exclusion database from its website. "Temporarily," Curtis, a representative of the North Carolina DMA, reported when we contacted him. "W...
Understanding the OIG’s List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
October 27, 2014
In order to protect Federal healthcare systems from unscrupulous employees and contractors, the Office of the Inspector General regularly updates a List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) to help human resources dep...
OIG Exclusions: To disclose, or not to disclose…that is the question.
October 23, 2014
You've discovered an OIG exclusion blooper. Now what? If you're like most administrators, you'd probably opt to fire the excluded employee, bury the evidence, and hope that the OIG never finds out about it. After al...
State of Florida Pays Out $180K for Pharmacy Items Prescribed by Excluded Individuals
October 6, 2014
With OIG fines topping $300K, perhaps it’s partial comfort to know that health care organizations are not the only ones getting nailed. In a recent disclosure, (https://go.usa.gov/X6d4), the State of Florida admitte...
Trying to Get Off the OIG Exclusion List? Death is no excuse.
October 6, 2014
Just the other day, a routine search of a client’s employee listings turned up a potential match on the Texas OIG site. As a pre-‘90s listing, there was no way to verify the social the way that I usually would,...
