Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
Nursing
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a Nursing category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 13,562
- Federal exclusions
- 16.2%
- Share of all LEIE
- #2
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 1,264 rows in CA
The short answer
License Revocation or Suspension is the statutory reason on 10,000 of 13,562 LEIE rows tagged to Nursing (74%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 13,562 exclusions tagged to Nursing (16.2% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (1,264 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Heavy LEIE volume band
Nursing in the heavy-volume third
13,562 federal exclusions put Nursing in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#2). Leading statutory reason: License Revocation or Suspension (10,000, 74% of the category). CA, FL, TX account for the largest share of Nursing exclusions on record.
Heavy volume (13,562 rows, 16.2% of corpus) mainly tracks how many nursing 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 13,562 Nursing LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
Nursing: 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 | 10,000 | 74% |
| 2 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 1,433 | 11% |
| 3 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 690 | 5% |
| 4 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 669 | 5% |
| 5 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 584 | 4% |
| 6 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 78 | 1% |
| 7 | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 61 | 0% |
| 8 | Misdemeanor: Federal or State Program Fraud | 33 | 0% |
| 9 | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 5 | 0% |
| 10 | Managed Care Default | 4 | 0% |
Top states for Nursing exclusions
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 1,264 |
| 2 | FloridaFL | 1,079 |
| 3 | TexasTX | 950 |
| 4 | ArizonaAZ | 935 |
| 5 | PennsylvaniaPA | 646 |
| 6 | AlabamaAL | 557 |
| 7 | North CarolinaNC | 550 |
| 8 | MississippiMS | 541 |
| 9 | KentuckyKY | 520 |
| 10 | TennesseeTN | 506 |
Read with Nursing: What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types
Nationwide peers near Nursing'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
- Physician · 7,600 LEIE rows · 9.1% of corpus
- Licensed Healthcare Professional · 20,737 LEIE rows · 24.8% of corpus
- Healthcare Employee · 5,389 LEIE rows · 6.4% of corpus
- Individual (Unaffiliated) · 4,650 LEIE rows · 5.6% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- Physician · 9.1% share · 7,600 rows
- Licensed Healthcare Professional · 24.8% share · 20,737 rows
- Healthcare Employee · 6.4% share · 5,389 rows
- Individual (Unaffiliated) · 5.6% share · 4,650 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - Nursing
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Aiguobargueghian | MA | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2014-03-20 |
| Heather Shea Hadley | MS | License Revocation or Suspension | 2012-09-20 |
| Roselia Martinez | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-09-20 |
| Angelica Noella Levesque | CO | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2012-08-20 |
| Michelle Fischer | PA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2012-07-19 |
| Julianna Nwaogu | NY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-05-20 |
| Frances Patsy Roberts | CA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2012-05-20 |
| Mary Antonia Sanchez | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-05-20 |
| Roxanne Perry Saunders | NC | License Revocation or Suspension | 2012-05-20 |
| Sharon Lynn Bolin | KY | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2012-04-19 |
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.