Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
CONTRACTOR
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a CONTRACTOR category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 5
- Federal exclusions
- 0.0%
- Share of all LEIE
- #81
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 2 rows in CA
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 4 of 5 LEIE rows tagged to CONTRACTOR (80%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 5 exclusions tagged to CONTRACTOR (0.0% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (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
CONTRACTOR in the thin-volume third
5 exclusions place CONTRACTOR in the bottom third by volume among 85 active provider types. Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (4, 80% of the category). CA, MN, AZ account for the largest share of CONTRACTOR exclusions on record.
Thin volume (5 rows) can mean fewer federal billers, less audit exposure, or genuinely lower violation rates ; CA still concentrates 40% 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.
CONTRACTOR: Conviction: Program-Related...-led reason mix
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 4 | 80% |
| 2 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 1 | 20% |
Top states - CA leads CONTRACTOR (40%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 2 |
| 2 | MinnesotaMN | 1 |
| 3 | ArizonaAZ | 1 |
| 4 | ArkansasAR | 1 |
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Nationwide peers near CONTRACTOR'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
- SURGERY · 5 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- RURAL HEALTH CLINIC · 5 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- LAWYER · 5 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- GOVT EMP(STATE/LOC) · 5 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- SURGERY · 0.0% share · 5 rows
- RURAL HEALTH CLINIC · 0.0% share · 5 rows
- LAWYER · 0.0% share · 5 rows
- GOVT EMP(STATE/LOC) · 0.0% share · 5 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - CONTRACTOR
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirm Garrett Kath | MN | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2004-02-19 |
| Felicia L Ford | AR | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2002-09-19 |
| Dale Critchfield | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 1997-01-12 |
| Valerie Adele Posey | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 1997-01-12 |
| Barbara Brenner-Jones | AZ | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 1996-12-09 |
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.