Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for an OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 15
- Federal exclusions
- 0.0%
- Share of all LEIE
- #65
- Of 85 provider types
- TX
- 6 rows in TX
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 6 of 15 LEIE rows tagged to OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE (40%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 15 exclusions tagged to OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE (0.0% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: TX (6 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Thin LEIE volume band
OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE in the thin-volume third
15 exclusions place OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE in the bottom third by volume among 85 active provider types. Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (6, 40% of the category). TX, LA, WI account for the largest share of OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE exclusions on record.
Thin volume (15 rows) can mean fewer federal billers, less audit exposure, or genuinely lower violation rates ; TX still concentrates 40% 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.
How 15 OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE exclusion reasons
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 6 | 40% |
| 2 | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 5 | 33% |
| 3 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt) | 2 | 13% |
| 4 | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 1 | 7% |
| 5 | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 1 | 7% |
Top states - TX leads OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE (40%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TexasTX | 6 |
| 2 | LouisianaLA | 2 |
| 3 | WisconsinWI | 1 |
| 4 | New YorkNY | 1 |
| 5 | NevadaNV | 1 |
| 6 | MississippiMS | 1 |
| 7 | MissouriMO | 1 |
| 8 | FloridaFL | 1 |
| 9 | CaliforniaCA | 1 |
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Nationwide peers near OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE'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
- EMPLOYEE - 14 & BELO · 16 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- RADIOLOGY FACILITY · 14 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- NIH · 13 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- TRIBAL AGENCY · 18 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- EMPLOYEE - 14 & BELO · 0.0% share · 16 rows
- RADIOLOGY FACILITY · 0.0% share · 14 rows
- NIH · 0.0% share · 13 rows
- TRIBAL AGENCY · 0.0% share · 18 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visionary Optics of Jamaica Av | NY | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 2010-01-20 |
| Ema Eyewear, INC | FL | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 2006-10-19 |
| American Home Vision | MO | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 2004-03-15 |
| Lake Tahoe Eyecare | NV | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 2000-04-20 |
| Dr Nevins' Eyeworld | TX | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 1997-01-29 |
| Home Bound Eyecare | TX | Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt) | 1995-02-23 |
| Red River Eye Associates | TX | Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt) | 1994-12-14 |
| Cbt & Associates | LA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 1989-11-20 |
| Central City Optical | LA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 1989-11-20 |
| Shackelford Vision Center | MS | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 1989-10-19 |
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.