Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
LAWYER
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a LAWYER category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 5
- Federal exclusions
- 0.0%
- Share of all LEIE
- #79
- Of 85 provider types
- WI
- 1 rows in WI
The short answer
Conviction: Healthcare Fraud is the statutory reason on 3 of 5 LEIE rows tagged to LAWYER (60%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 5 exclusions tagged to LAWYER (0.0% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: WI (1 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Thin LEIE volume band
LAWYER in the thin-volume third
5 exclusions place LAWYER in the bottom third by volume among 85 active provider types. Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Healthcare Fraud (3, 60% of the category). WI, OK, LA account for the largest share of LAWYER exclusions on record.
Thin volume (5 rows) can mean fewer federal billers, less audit exposure, or genuinely lower violation rates ; WI still concentrates 20% 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.
LAWYER: Conviction: Healthcare Fraud-led reason mix
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 3 | 60% |
| 2 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2 | 40% |
Top states - WI leads LAWYER (20%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WisconsinWI | 1 |
| 2 | OklahomaOK | 1 |
| 3 | LouisianaLA | 1 |
| 4 | KentuckyKY | 1 |
| 5 | CaliforniaCA | 1 |
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Nationwide peers near LAWYER'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
- GOVT EMP(STATE/LOC) · 5 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- CONTRACTOR · 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
- GOVT EMP(STATE/LOC) · 0.0% share · 5 rows
- CONTRACTOR · 0.0% share · 5 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - LAWYER
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Eugene Jr Golden | OK | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2008-06-19 |
| Charles J Hausmann | WI | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2004-09-20 |
| Richard A Cuccia | LA | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2002-04-18 |
| Francine Diane Needles | CA | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2002-04-18 |
| John M Jr Mccausland | KY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2001-09-20 |
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.