Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
OPTICIAN
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for an OPTICIAN category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 36
- Federal exclusions
- 0.0%
- Share of all LEIE
- #44
- Of 85 provider types
- NY
- 6 rows in NY
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 27 of 36 LEIE rows tagged to OPTICIAN (75%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 36 exclusions tagged to OPTICIAN (0.0% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: NY (6 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Mid-pack provider-type posture
OPTICIAN LEIE standing
36 exclusions · 0.0% corpus share · rank #44 of 85. Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (27, 75% of the category). NY, NJ, TN account for the largest share of OPTICIAN exclusions on record.
Mid-pack posture at 0.0% corpus share (#44 of 85) with 75% of rows under Conviction: Program-Related Crime. Read the reason mix and state concentration below rather than treating volume as a patient-safety grade.
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) · PlainDiscipline specialty extract · August 2026 · Methodology.
How 36 OPTICIAN LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
OPTICIAN: 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 | 27 | 75% |
| 2 | License Revocation or Suspension | 9 | 25% |
Top states for OPTICIAN exclusions
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNY | 6 |
| 2 | New JerseyNJ | 4 |
| 3 | TennesseeTN | 3 |
| 4 | FloridaFL | 3 |
| 5 | TexasTX | 2 |
| 6 | PennsylvaniaPA | 2 |
| 7 | OklahomaOK | 2 |
| 8 | KentuckyKY | 2 |
| 9 | CaliforniaCA | 2 |
| 10 | West VirginiaWV | 1 |
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Nationwide provider types with similar LEIE profiles
Cross-category peers matched on federal exclusion volume and share of the LEIE corpus, not the state concentration table above.
Similar exclusion volume
- PARAMEDIC TECHNICIAN · 37 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- BILLING SERVICE CO · 37 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- ACCOUNT/BOOKKPR/AUDI · 38 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- REHAB FACILITY - GEN · 33 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- PARAMEDIC TECHNICIAN · 0.0% share · 37 rows
- BILLING SERVICE CO · 0.0% share · 37 rows
- ACCOUNT/BOOKKPR/AUDI · 0.0% share · 38 rows
- REHAB FACILITY - GEN · 0.0% share · 33 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - OPTICIAN
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Jemeel Carter | OK | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-07-20 |
| Janice E Bessette | RI | License Revocation or Suspension | 2010-01-20 |
| Cornelius Jemeel Carter | OK | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2008-10-20 |
| Marcella Wright | KY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2006-08-20 |
| Charles Hudson | TN | License Revocation or Suspension | 2006-06-20 |
| Kevin L Miller | TN | License Revocation or Suspension | 2006-05-18 |
| Cheryl Muovich | WV | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2005-06-03 |
| David Sigal | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2004-10-20 |
| Mila Sigal | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2004-10-20 |
| Lawrence J Thornton | CT | License Revocation or Suspension | 2003-05-20 |
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.