Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
NURSE/NURSES AIDE
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a NURSE/NURSES AIDE category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 245
- Federal exclusions
- 0.3%
- Share of all LEIE
- #28
- Of 85 provider types
- TX
- 24 rows in TX
The short answer
License Revocation or Suspension is the statutory reason on 155 of 245 LEIE rows tagged to NURSE/NURSES AIDE (63%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 245 exclusions tagged to NURSE/NURSES AIDE (0.3% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: TX (24 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Heavy LEIE volume band
NURSE/NURSES AIDE in the heavy-volume third
245 federal exclusions put NURSE/NURSES AIDE in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#28). Leading statutory reason: License Revocation or Suspension (155, 63% of the category). TX, CA, AZ account for the largest share of NURSE/NURSES AIDE exclusions on record.
Heavy volume (245 rows, 0.3% of corpus) mainly tracks how many nurse/nurses aide 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 245 NURSE/NURSES AIDE LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
NURSE/NURSES AIDE: 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 | 155 | 63% |
| 2 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 48 | 20% |
| 3 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 18 | 7% |
| 4 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 12 | 5% |
| 5 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 7 | 3% |
| 6 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 5 | 2% |
Top states for NURSE/NURSES AIDE exclusions
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TexasTX | 24 |
| 2 | CaliforniaCA | 16 |
| 3 | ArizonaAZ | 15 |
| 4 | WashingtonWA | 12 |
| 5 | OklahomaOK | 12 |
| 6 | ColoradoCO | 12 |
| 7 | New YorkNY | 11 |
| 8 | VirginiaVA | 10 |
| 9 | LouisianaLA | 10 |
| 10 | MassachusettsMA | 9 |
Read with NURSE/NURSES AIDE: What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types
Nationwide peers near NURSE/NURSES AIDE'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
- HEALTH CARE AIDE · 222 LEIE rows · 0.3% of corpus
- Laboratory · 275 LEIE rows · 0.3% of corpus
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT · 195 LEIE rows · 0.2% of corpus
- EMPLOYEE · 313 LEIE rows · 0.4% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- HEALTH CARE AIDE · 0.3% share · 222 rows
- Laboratory · 0.3% share · 275 rows
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT · 0.2% share · 195 rows
- EMPLOYEE · 0.4% share · 313 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - NURSE/NURSES AIDE
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Louise Barber | TX | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2009-09-20 |
| Gene Paul Lafoe | WI | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2008-12-18 |
| Beth Suzanne Knowles | WA | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2008-08-20 |
| Misty D Downing | WA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2008-07-20 |
| Kathie L Greenwalt | AZ | License Revocation or Suspension | 2007-06-20 |
| Tiffanie Anne Collins | WA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2007-02-20 |
| Jeri Alice Dickerson | WA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2007-01-18 |
| Sharlene A Cucinelli | NY | License Revocation or Suspension | 2006-12-20 |
| Michelle Lee Garza | WA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2006-12-20 |
| Jennifer Louise Ostroski | AZ | License Revocation or Suspension | 2006-12-20 |
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.