Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
OPTOMETRY
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for an OPTOMETRY category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 81
- Federal exclusions
- 0.1%
- Share of all LEIE
- #36
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 10 rows in CA
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 38 of 81 LEIE rows tagged to OPTOMETRY (47%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 81 exclusions tagged to OPTOMETRY (0.1% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (10 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
OPTOMETRY LEIE standing
81 exclusions · 0.1% corpus share · rank #36 of 85. Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (38, 47% of the category). CA, PA, TX account for the largest share of OPTOMETRY exclusions on record.
Mid-pack posture at 0.1% corpus share (#36 of 85) with 47% 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 81 OPTOMETRY LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
OPTOMETRY exclusion reasons
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 38 | 47% |
| 2 | Managed Care Default | 21 | 26% |
| 3 | License Revocation or Suspension | 10 | 12% |
| 4 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 6 | 7% |
| 5 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt) | 2 | 2% |
| 6 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2 | 2% |
| 7 | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 1 | 1% |
| 8 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 1 | 1% |
Top states for OPTOMETRY exclusions
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 10 |
| 2 | PennsylvaniaPA | 9 |
| 3 | TexasTX | 5 |
| 4 | MassachusettsMA | 5 |
| 5 | New YorkNY | 4 |
| 6 | New JerseyNJ | 4 |
| 7 | MichiganMI | 4 |
| 8 | IllinoisIL | 4 |
| 9 | FloridaFL | 4 |
| 10 | PRPR | 3 |
Read with OPTOMETRY: How to check a provider · All provider types
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
- MEDICAL GROUP · 77 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
- ACUPUNCTURIST · 90 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
- TECHNICIAN · 71 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
- AMBULANCE COMPANY · 93 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- MEDICAL GROUP · 0.1% share · 77 rows
- ACUPUNCTURIST · 0.1% share · 90 rows
- TECHNICIAN · 0.1% share · 71 rows
- AMBULANCE COMPANY · 0.1% share · 93 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - OPTOMETRY
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Duncan Mcgregor | TX | Managed Care Default | 2009-01-30 |
| Youmay U Ogboso | TX | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2008-08-20 |
| Steven E Gwirtz | PA | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2007-08-20 |
| Barry Boyarsky | NY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2007-07-19 |
| William Arthur Greenberg | MI | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2006-10-19 |
| Steven Kornblatt | NY | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2006-05-18 |
| Harvey Gene Schneider | MA | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2005-05-19 |
| Emin Bagdasaryan | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2004-12-20 |
| Joel Allen Mazer | MI | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2004-09-20 |
| Keivon Jeroi Spencer | TX | Managed Care Default | 2004-07-20 |
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.