Health Care Industry

Department of Health & Human Services

Office of Inspector General Compliance

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HHS Office of Inspector General List of Excluded
Individuals /Entities

The HHS Office of Inspector General imposes exclusions on individuals and entities based on the authority contained in Sections 1128 and 1156 of the Social Security Act.Program. Payment will not be made to any entity in which an excluded individual is serving as an employee, administrator, operator in any other capacity for any services including administrative and management services furnished, ordered, or prescribed on or after the effective date of this exclusion. In addition, no payment may be made to any business or facility, e.g., a hospital that submits bills for payment of items or services provided by an excluded party. Section 1128 exclusion actions with a sanction effective date after August 5,1997 are also from all Federal health care programs.


Sanction Types

(Sections of the Social Security Act under which Exclusions are Imposed)

1128(a)(1)Program-related conviction
1128(a)(2)Conviction relating to patient abuse or neglect
*1128(a)(3)Felony conviction relating to health care fraud
*1128(a)(4)Felony conviction relating to controlled substance violations
1128(b)(1)Conviction relating to fraud
1128(b)(2)Conviction relating to obstruction of an investigation
1128(b)(3)Conviction relating to controlled substances
1128(b)(4)License revocation or suspension
1128(b)(5)Suspension or exclusion under a Federal or State health care program
1128(b)(6)Excessive claims or furnishing of unnecessary or substandard items or services
1128(b)(7)Fraud,kickbacks and other prohibited activities
1128(b)(8)Entities owned or controlled by a sanctioned individual
1128(b)(9)Failure to disclose required information
1128(b)(10)Failure to supply requested information on subcontractors and suppliers
1128(b)(11)Failure to provide payment information
1128(b)(12)Failure to grant immediate access
1128(b)(13)Failure to take corrective action
1128(b)(14)Default on health education loan or scholarship obligation
*1128(b)(15)Individuals controlling sanctioned entities
1128Aa Imposition of a civil money penalty or assessment
1156(b)Peer Review Organization recommendation

*Expansion of authority under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

 
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