Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026

CONSULTANT

According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a CONSULTANT category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.

8
Federal exclusions
0.0%
Share of all LEIE
#73
Of 85 provider types
AL
2 rows in AL

The short answer

Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 5 of 8 LEIE rows tagged to CONSULTANT (63%).

The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 8 exclusions tagged to CONSULTANT (0.0% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: AL (2 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.

Thin LEIE volume band

CONSULTANT in the thin-volume third

8 exclusions place CONSULTANT in the bottom third by volume among 85 active provider types. Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (5, 63% of the category). AL, TX, TN account for the largest share of CONSULTANT exclusions on record.

Thin volume (8 rows) can mean fewer federal billers, less audit exposure, or genuinely lower violation rates ; AL still concentrates 25% 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 8 CONSULTANT LEIE rows split by authority family

Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.

Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.

0%10%Equal-share (1.2%)1%0%
CONSULTANT is 0.0% of tracked LEIE rows; equal-share across 85 categories would be 1.2%. Volume tracks federal billing exposure, not a misconduct rate.

Top states - AL leads CONSULTANT (25%)

LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.

#StateLEIE rows
1AlabamaAL2
2TexasTX1
3TennesseeTN1
4New YorkNY1
5FloridaFL1
6ColoradoCO1
7ArkansasAR1

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Nationwide peers near CONSULTANT'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

Similar share of all LEIE exclusions

Recent Federal Exclusions - CONSULTANT

Name State Reason Date
Rick L Camp AL Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2006-04-20
Matthew C Long AL Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2006-04-20
Frank M Butts TX Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2005-10-20
Phillip W Mclaughlin AR Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2005-10-20
Phillip Charles Zarlengo CO Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2005-05-19
Lanny Charles Richardson TN Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2002-04-18
Paul D Picard FL Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2000-02-20
William J Ritter NY Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities 1997-04-21

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