Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
Dental
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a Dental category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 1,208
- Federal exclusions
- 1.4%
- Share of all LEIE
- #15
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 219 rows in CA
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 357 of 1,208 LEIE rows tagged to Dental (30%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 1,208 exclusions tagged to Dental (1.4% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (219 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Heavy LEIE volume band
Dental in the heavy-volume third
1,208 federal exclusions put Dental in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#15). Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (357, 30% of the category). CA, NY, FL account for the largest share of Dental exclusions on record.
Heavy volume (1,208 rows, 1.4% of corpus) mainly tracks how many dental providers bill federal programs and how closely those claims are audited . Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) · PlainDiscipline specialty extract · August 2026 · Methodology.
How 1,208 Dental LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
Dental exclusion reasons
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 357 | 30% |
| 2 | License Revocation or Suspension | 351 | 29% |
| 3 | Managed Care Default | 300 | 25% |
| 4 | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 57 | 5% |
| 5 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 38 | 3% |
| 6 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 28 | 2% |
| 7 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 21 | 2% |
| 8 | Misdemeanor: Federal or State Program Fraud | 19 | 2% |
| 9 | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 16 | 1% |
| 10 | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 10 | 1% |
Top states for Dental exclusions
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 219 |
| 2 | New YorkNY | 122 |
| 3 | FloridaFL | 94 |
| 4 | PennsylvaniaPA | 76 |
| 5 | MichiganMI | 54 |
| 6 | New JerseyNJ | 46 |
| 7 | MassachusettsMA | 46 |
| 8 | IllinoisIL | 43 |
| 9 | TennesseeTN | 38 |
| 10 | TexasTX | 32 |
Read with Dental: What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types
Nationwide peers near Dental'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
- Clinic · 1,279 LEIE rows · 1.5% of corpus
- Home Health Agency · 1,340 LEIE rows · 1.6% of corpus
- Transportation Company · 793 LEIE rows · 0.9% of corpus
- Intermediate Care Facility · 792 LEIE rows · 0.9% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- Clinic · 1.5% share · 1,279 rows
- Home Health Agency · 1.6% share · 1,340 rows
- Transportation Company · 0.9% share · 793 rows
- Intermediate Care Facility · 0.9% share · 792 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - Dental
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles N Urquhart | PA | Managed Care Default | 2019-08-20 |
| Shari Lynn Woodson | CO | License Revocation or Suspension | 2012-01-19 |
| Craig L Ralston | TN | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-12-20 |
| Barry L Cohan | NJ | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2011-10-20 |
| Thomas Beague | NY | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2011-09-20 |
| Benva Oshana Lazar | CA | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2011-07-20 |
| Lillian Leonor | CA | Managed Care Default | 2011-07-20 |
| William J King | NJ | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2011-06-20 |
| Peter V Sr Crapanzano | NJ | License Revocation or Suspension | 2011-04-20 |
| Kelly S Rantanen | VT | License Revocation or Suspension | 2011-04-20 |
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.