Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
AUDIOLOGIST
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for an AUDIOLOGIST category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 18
- Federal exclusions
- 0.0%
- Share of all LEIE
- #63
- Of 85 provider types
- FL
- 5 rows in FL
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 10 of 18 LEIE rows tagged to AUDIOLOGIST (56%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 18 exclusions tagged to AUDIOLOGIST (0.0% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: FL (5 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Thin LEIE volume band
AUDIOLOGIST in the thin-volume third
18 exclusions place AUDIOLOGIST in the bottom third by volume among 85 active provider types. Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (10, 56% of the category). FL, CA, NY account for the largest share of AUDIOLOGIST exclusions on record.
Thin volume (18 rows) can mean fewer federal billers, less audit exposure, or genuinely lower violation rates ; FL still concentrates 28% of this sparse book. LEIE alone cannot separate those causes.
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) · PlainDiscipline specialty extract · August 2026 · Methodology.
How 18 AUDIOLOGIST LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
AUDIOLOGIST exclusion reasons
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 10 | 56% |
| 2 | License Revocation or Suspension | 7 | 39% |
| 3 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 1 | 6% |
Top states - FL leads AUDIOLOGIST (28%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FloridaFL | 5 |
| 2 | CaliforniaCA | 5 |
| 3 | New YorkNY | 3 |
| 4 | UtahUT | 2 |
| 5 | New HampshireNH | 1 |
| 6 | KansasKS | 1 |
| 7 | ColoradoCO | 1 |
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Nationwide peers near AUDIOLOGIST's thin volume
Cross-category peers matched on federal exclusion volume and share of the LEIE corpus, not the state concentration table above.
Similar exclusion volume
- TRIBAL AGENCY · 18 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- CONSULTING FIRM · 18 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- LOCAL GOV'T · 19 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- CLERK/OTHER CLERICAL · 20 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- TRIBAL AGENCY · 0.0% share · 18 rows
- CONSULTING FIRM · 0.0% share · 18 rows
- LOCAL GOV'T · 0.0% share · 19 rows
- CLERK/OTHER CLERICAL · 0.0% share · 20 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - AUDIOLOGIST
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam John Sortini | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2010-07-20 |
| Amy Heather Durchslag | FL | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2009-01-20 |
| Peter Douglas Cunningham | CO | License Revocation or Suspension | 2006-05-18 |
| Dorrie Lynne Kanofsky | FL | License Revocation or Suspension | 2006-04-20 |
| Charlotte A Mackey | CA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2005-11-20 |
| Deril Schmitt | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2005-02-20 |
| Gary E Topping | KS | License Revocation or Suspension | 2005-01-19 |
| John M Zeller | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2004-09-20 |
| Jeffrey A Katz | NY | License Revocation or Suspension | 2004-06-17 |
| Faye Wynne Kaiman | FL | License Revocation or Suspension | 2004-04-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) Federal exclusion data from the HHS Office of Inspector General (LEIE). Provider-type categories are as recorded in the LEIE dataset. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical or legal advice
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.