Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
Chiropractic
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a Chiropractic category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 1,758
- Federal exclusions
- 2.1%
- Share of all LEIE
- #12
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 559 rows in CA
The short answer
Managed Care Default is the statutory reason on 1,074 of 1,758 LEIE rows tagged to Chiropractic (61%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 1,758 exclusions tagged to Chiropractic (2.1% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (559 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Heavy LEIE volume band
Chiropractic in the heavy-volume third
1,758 federal exclusions put Chiropractic in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#12). Leading statutory reason: Managed Care Default (1,074, 61% of the category). CA, TX, FL account for the largest share of Chiropractic exclusions on record.
Heavy volume (1,758 rows, 2.1% of corpus) mainly tracks how many chiropractic providers bill federal programs and how closely those claims are audited , with Managed Care Default dominating the statutory mix. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) · PlainDiscipline specialty extract · August 2026 · Methodology.
How 1,758 Chiropractic LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
Chiropractic: Managed Care Default-led reason mix
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managed Care Default | 1,074 | 61% |
| 2 | License Revocation or Suspension | 232 | 13% |
| 3 | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 154 | 9% |
| 4 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 110 | 6% |
| 5 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 103 | 6% |
| 6 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 35 | 2% |
| 7 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 18 | 1% |
| 8 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 16 | 1% |
| 9 | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 6 | 0% |
| 10 | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 6 | 0% |
Top states - CA leads Chiropractic (32%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 559 |
| 2 | TexasTX | 137 |
| 3 | FloridaFL | 105 |
| 4 | GeorgiaGA | 80 |
| 5 | New YorkNY | 78 |
| 6 | PennsylvaniaPA | 68 |
| 7 | MissouriMO | 54 |
| 8 | OhioOH | 51 |
| 9 | New JerseyNJ | 49 |
| 10 | IllinoisIL | 47 |
Read with Chiropractic: What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types
Nationwide peers near Chiropractic's heavy volume
Cross-category peers matched on federal exclusion volume and share of the LEIE corpus, not the state concentration table above.
Similar exclusion volume
- Private Entity · 1,941 LEIE rows · 2.3% of corpus
- Home Health Agency · 1,340 LEIE rows · 1.6% of corpus
- Clinic · 1,279 LEIE rows · 1.5% of corpus
- Pharmacy · 2,239 LEIE rows · 2.7% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- Private Entity · 2.3% share · 1,941 rows
- Home Health Agency · 1.6% share · 1,340 rows
- Clinic · 1.5% share · 1,279 rows
- Pharmacy · 2.7% share · 2,239 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - Chiropractic
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| M Stephen Mills | OH | Managed Care Default | 2018-11-20 |
| Marie L Pehush | NY | Managed Care Default | 2018-11-20 |
| Ronald W Saunders | TX | Managed Care Default | 2018-11-20 |
| Rory Dean Falkinburg | MA | Managed Care Default | 2018-04-19 |
| Ira P Kirkpatrick | TX | Managed Care Default | 2018-04-19 |
| Jason Daniel Ebelsheiser | IA | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2011-10-20 |
| Charles Jay Johnson | MO | License Revocation or Suspension | 2011-10-20 |
| Gerald Corva | NY | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2011-08-18 |
| Alvaro J Rosales | CA | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2011-08-18 |
| Florin Catinas | CA | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2011-07-20 |
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.