What is the most common reason for an OWNER/OPERATOR exclusion?

The most common reason for an OWNER/OPERATOR exclusion is Conviction: Program-Related Crime (418 cases, 78% of the category), followed by Conviction: Healthcare Fraud (36). That single statutory pathway dominates this provider type's LEIE book (78%), so the table below is concentrated rather than evenly mixed.

Is OWNER/OPERATOR's exclusion volume above or below average?

OWNER/OPERATOR sits in the heavy-volume third of LEIE provider types, ranked #22 of 85 by exclusion count (536 rows, 0.6% of corpus). Higher volume mainly tracks federal billing exposure and audit intensity, not misconduct prevalence.

Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026

OWNER/OPERATOR

According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for an OWNER/OPERATOR category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.

Compiled by PlainDiscipline · August 11, 2026

536
Federal exclusions: 0.6%
Share of all LEIE: #22
Of 85 provider types: FL
107 rows in FL

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The short answer

Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 418 of 536 LEIE rows tagged to OWNER/OPERATOR (78%).

The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 536 exclusions tagged to OWNER/OPERATOR (0.6% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: FL (107 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.

Heavy LEIE volume band

OWNER/OPERATOR in the heavy-volume third

536 federal exclusions put OWNER/OPERATOR in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#22). Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (418, 78% of the category). FL, TX, PA account for the largest share of OWNER/OPERATOR exclusions on record.

Heavy volume (536 rows, 0.6% of corpus) mainly tracks how many owner/operator providers bill federal programs and how closely those claims are audited , with Conviction: Program-Related Crime 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 536 OWNER/OPERATOR LEIE rows split by authority family

Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.

Criminal conviction 507 exclusions (95%) License / federal exclusion 9 exclusions (2%) Program integrity 16 exclusions (3%) Other authority 4 exclusions (1%)

Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.

#	Statutory reason	LEIE rows	Share
1	Conviction: Program-Related Crime	418	78%
2	Conviction: Healthcare Fraud	36	7%
3	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	33	6%
4	Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud	16	3%
5	Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities	15	3%
6	Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency	6	1%
7	Controlling a Sanctioned Entity	4	1%
8	License Revocation or Suspension	3	1%
9	Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt)	2	0%
10	Misdemeanor: Controlled Substance	1	0%

OWNER/OPERATOR is 0.6% of tracked LEIE rows; equal-share across 85 categories would be 1.2%. Volume tracks federal billing exposure, not a misconduct rate.

Top states for OWNER/OPERATOR exclusions

LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.

#	State	LEIE rows
1	FloridaFL	107
2	TexasTX	49
3	PennsylvaniaPA	41
4	New YorkNY	41
5	CaliforniaCA	30
6	OhioOH	23
7	GeorgiaGA	19
8	New JerseyNJ	14
9	LouisianaLA	14
10	ArkansasAR	12

Read with OWNER/OPERATOR: What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types

Nationwide peers near OWNER/OPERATOR'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

Counseling · 558 LEIE rows · 0.7% of corpus
Mental Health Facility · 560 LEIE rows · 0.7% of corpus
Psychology · 510 LEIE rows · 0.6% of corpus
Therapist · 619 LEIE rows · 0.7% of corpus

Similar share of all LEIE exclusions

Counseling · 0.7% share · 558 rows
Mental Health Facility · 0.7% share · 560 rows
Psychology · 0.6% share · 510 rows
Therapist · 0.7% share · 619 rows

Recent Federal Exclusions - OWNER/OPERATOR

Name	State	Reason	Date
Louis David Stern	PA	Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud	2012-07-19
Gennady Broytman	FL	Conviction: Healthcare Fraud	2012-05-20
Monica Michelle Owens	KY	Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud	2012-05-20
Virginia Annette Klinger	MN	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-11-20
Adriana Lucica Catuna	CA	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-10-20
Albert David Nassar	NY	Conviction: Healthcare Fraud	2011-10-20
Lura Dean Barrett	MI	Conviction: Program-Related Crime	2011-09-20
Charlotte Ruth Berres	MI	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-09-20
Tatyana Yakovenko	CA	Conviction: Program-Related Crime	2011-09-20
Patricia Lee Goodwill	WA	Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect	2011-08-18

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.