Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
NIH
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a NIH category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 13
- Federal exclusions
- 0.0%
- Share of all LEIE
- #67
- Of 85 provider types
- KY
- 2 rows in KY
The short answer
Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud is the statutory reason on 7 of 13 LEIE rows tagged to NIH (54%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 13 exclusions tagged to NIH (0.0% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: KY (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
NIH in the thin-volume third
13 exclusions place NIH in the bottom third by volume among 85 active provider types. Leading statutory reason: Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud (7, 54% of the category). KY, TX, SC account for the largest share of NIH exclusions on record.
Thin volume (13 rows) can mean fewer federal billers, less audit exposure, or genuinely lower violation rates . LEIE alone cannot separate those causes.
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) · PlainDiscipline specialty extract · August 2026 · Methodology.
How 13 NIH LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
NIH exclusion reasons
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 7 | 54% |
| 2 | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 3 | 23% |
| 3 | Misdemeanor: Controlled Substance | 1 | 8% |
| 4 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 1 | 8% |
| 5 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 1 | 8% |
Top states for NIH exclusions
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KentuckyKY | 2 |
| 2 | TexasTX | 1 |
| 3 | South CarolinaSC | 1 |
| 4 | PRPR | 1 |
| 5 | PennsylvaniaPA | 1 |
| 6 | New YorkNY | 1 |
| 7 | New HampshireNH | 1 |
| 8 | North CarolinaNC | 1 |
| 9 | MontanaMT | 1 |
| 10 | ConnecticutCT | 1 |
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Nationwide peers near NIH'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
- RADIOLOGY FACILITY · 14 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- ACF · 12 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE · 15 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- EMPLOYEE - 14 & BELO · 16 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- ACF · 0.0% share · 12 rows
- RADIOLOGY FACILITY · 0.0% share · 14 rows
- OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE · 0.0% share · 15 rows
- RADIOLOGY · 0.0% share · 10 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - NIH
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Alan Norwood | MT | Misdemeanor: Controlled Substance | 2025-04-20 |
| Bradley Todd Spencer | AL | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2023-01-19 |
| Geoffrey David Girnun | NY | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2022-03-20 |
| Thomas Malone | CT | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2021-06-17 |
| Daniel Resnic | CA | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2020-10-20 |
| Nexeon Medsystems Puerto Rico | PR | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 2020-10-13 |
| Nexeon Medsystems, INC | KY | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 2020-10-13 |
| Pulsus Medical, LLC | KY | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 2020-10-13 |
| Hailong Zhang | NH | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2020-05-20 |
| Jian-Yun Dong | NC | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2018-03-20 |
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.