What is the most common reason for a Hospital exclusion?

The most common reason for a Hospital exclusion is License Revocation or Suspension (1,907 cases, 80% of the category), followed by Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect (160). That single statutory pathway dominates this provider type's LEIE book (80%), so the table below is concentrated rather than evenly mixed.

Is Hospital's exclusion volume above or below average?

Hospital sits in the heavy-volume third of LEIE provider types, among the top 10 of 85 by exclusion count (2,389 rows, 2.9% of corpus). Higher volume mainly tracks federal billing exposure and audit intensity, not misconduct prevalence.

Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026

Hospital

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

Compiled by PlainDiscipline · August 11, 2026

2,389
Federal exclusions: 2.9%
Share of all LEIE: #8
Of 85 provider types: CA
327 rows in CA

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The short answer

License Revocation or Suspension is the statutory reason on 1,907 of 2,389 LEIE rows tagged to Hospital (80%).

The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 2,389 exclusions tagged to Hospital (2.9% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (327 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.

Heavy LEIE volume band

Hospital in the heavy-volume third

2,389 federal exclusions put Hospital in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#8). Leading statutory reason: License Revocation or Suspension (1,907, 80% of the category). CA, TX, VA account for the largest share of Hospital exclusions on record.

Heavy volume (2,389 rows, 2.9% of corpus) mainly tracks how many hospital providers bill federal programs and how closely those claims are audited , with License Revocation or Suspension 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 2,389 Hospital LEIE rows split by authority family

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

Criminal conviction 472 exclusions (20%) License / federal exclusion 1,909 exclusions (80%) Program integrity 6 exclusions (0%) Other authority 2 exclusions (0%)

Hospital: License Revocation or Suspe...-led reason mix

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

#	Statutory reason	LEIE rows	Share
1	License Revocation or Suspension	1,907	80%
2	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	160	7%
3	Conviction: Program-Related Crime	140	6%
4	Conviction: Healthcare Fraud	78	3%
5	Conviction: Controlled Substance	62	3%
6	Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud	28	1%
7	Misdemeanor: Federal or State Program Fraud	4	0%
8	Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities	3	0%
9	Failure to Provide Items or Services	2	0%
10	Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency	2	0%

Hospital is 2.9% of tracked LEIE rows; equal-share across 85 categories would be 1.2%. Volume tracks federal billing exposure, not a misconduct rate.

Top states for Hospital exclusions

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

#	State	LEIE rows
1	CaliforniaCA	327
2	TexasTX	326
3	VirginiaVA	127
4	MassachusettsMA	102
5	New YorkNY	87
6	MinnesotaMN	86
7	AlabamaAL	81
8	FloridaFL	80
9	ArizonaAZ	80
10	MississippiMS	78

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Nationwide peers near Hospital'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

Durable Medical Equipment · 2,286 LEIE rows · 2.7% of corpus
Pharmacy · 2,239 LEIE rows · 2.7% of corpus
Private Entity · 1,941 LEIE rows · 2.3% of corpus
Chiropractic · 1,758 LEIE rows · 2.1% of corpus

Similar share of all LEIE exclusions

Durable Medical Equipment · 2.7% share · 2,286 rows
Pharmacy · 2.7% share · 2,239 rows
Private Entity · 2.3% share · 1,941 rows
Chiropractic · 2.1% share · 1,758 rows

Recent Federal Exclusions - Hospital

Name	State	Reason	Date
Sunday Adelani Adeife	CA	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-10-20
Kristen Diane Parker	MN	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-07-20
Richard Webb	OR	Conviction: Healthcare Fraud	2011-07-20
Dennis Johnson	MS	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-06-20
Segdrick Darrell Love	MS	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-06-20
Stewart Powers	TX	Conviction: Healthcare Fraud	2011-06-20
Melvin Dorsey Shorter	MS	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-06-20
Derrick Terrell	MS	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-06-20
Jamie Brown	MS	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-02-20
Michael L Lembo	NY	Conviction: Healthcare Fraud	2010-08-19

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.