Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
Individual (Unaffiliated)
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for an Individual (Unaffiliated) category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 4,650
- Federal exclusions
- 5.6%
- Share of all LEIE
- #5
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 719 rows in CA
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 3,757 of 4,650 LEIE rows tagged to Individual (Unaffiliated) (81%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 4,650 exclusions tagged to Individual (Unaffiliated) (5.6% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (719 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Heavy LEIE volume band
Individual (Unaffiliated) in the heavy-volume third
4,650 federal exclusions put Individual (Unaffiliated) in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#5). Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (3,757, 81% of the category). CA, FL, IL account for the largest share of Individual (Unaffiliated) exclusions on record.
Heavy volume (4,650 rows, 5.6% of corpus) mainly tracks how many individual (unaffiliated) providers bill federal programs and how closely those claims are audited , with Conviction: Program-Related Crime 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 4,650 Individual (Unaffiliated) LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
Individual (Unaffiliated): 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 | 3,757 | 81% |
| 2 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 362 | 8% |
| 3 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 246 | 5% |
| 4 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 143 | 3% |
| 5 | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 69 | 1% |
| 6 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 53 | 1% |
| 7 | Managed Care Default | 6 | 0% |
| 8 | License Revocation or Suspension | 4 | 0% |
| 9 | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 4 | 0% |
| 10 | Misdemeanor: Federal or State Program Fraud | 3 | 0% |
Top states for Individual (Unaffiliated) exclusions
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 719 |
| 2 | FloridaFL | 515 |
| 3 | IllinoisIL | 314 |
| 4 | PennsylvaniaPA | 299 |
| 5 | TexasTX | 281 |
| 6 | OregonOR | 203 |
| 7 | LouisianaLA | 152 |
| 8 | ArizonaAZ | 136 |
| 9 | ArkansasAR | 129 |
| 10 | New YorkNY | 127 |
Read with Individual (Unaffiliated): What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types
Nationwide peers near Individual (Unaffiliated)'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
- Business Owner/Executive · 4,362 LEIE rows · 5.2% of corpus
- Skilled Nursing Facility · 4,215 LEIE rows · 5.0% of corpus
- Healthcare Employee · 5,389 LEIE rows · 6.4% of corpus
- Hospital · 2,389 LEIE rows · 2.9% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- Business Owner/Executive · 5.2% share · 4,362 rows
- Skilled Nursing Facility · 5.0% share · 4,215 rows
- Healthcare Employee · 6.4% share · 5,389 rows
- Hospital · 2.9% share · 2,389 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - Individual (Unaffiliated)
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriella Renee Barragan | CO | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Juan Carlos Cardella | LA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Kriscita Kay Coates | GA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Amanda Lea Cornett | KY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Mark Curington | PA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Joseph Frank Depiazza | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Yi Fang | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Crystal A Garcia | AR | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Karen Guevara | KY | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-08-20 |
| Sheila Ann Lemelle | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
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.