Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
Pharmacy
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a Pharmacy category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 2,239
- Federal exclusions
- 2.7%
- Share of all LEIE
- #10
- Of 85 provider types
- IL
- 233 rows in IL
The short answer
License Revocation or Suspension is the statutory reason on 868 of 2,239 LEIE rows tagged to Pharmacy (39%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 2,239 exclusions tagged to Pharmacy (2.7% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: IL (233 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Heavy LEIE volume band
Pharmacy in the heavy-volume third
2,239 federal exclusions put Pharmacy in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#10). Leading statutory reason: License Revocation or Suspension (868, 39% of the category). IL, FL, NY account for the largest share of Pharmacy exclusions on record.
Heavy volume (2,239 rows, 2.7% of corpus) mainly tracks how many pharmacy providers bill federal programs and how closely those claims are audited . Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) · PlainDiscipline specialty extract · August 2026 · Methodology.
How 2,239 Pharmacy LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
Pharmacy exclusion reasons
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | License Revocation or Suspension | 868 | 39% |
| 2 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 708 | 32% |
| 3 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 194 | 9% |
| 4 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 164 | 7% |
| 5 | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 97 | 4% |
| 6 | Misdemeanor: Federal or State Program Fraud | 76 | 3% |
| 7 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 50 | 2% |
| 8 | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 47 | 2% |
| 9 | Managed Care Default | 23 | 1% |
| 10 | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 6 | 0% |
Top states for Pharmacy exclusions
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IllinoisIL | 233 |
| 2 | FloridaFL | 225 |
| 3 | New YorkNY | 220 |
| 4 | CaliforniaCA | 165 |
| 5 | TexasTX | 159 |
| 6 | PennsylvaniaPA | 141 |
| 7 | OhioOH | 117 |
| 8 | New JerseyNJ | 108 |
| 9 | MichiganMI | 97 |
| 10 | MassachusettsMA | 86 |
Read with Pharmacy: What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types
Nationwide peers near Pharmacy'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
- Durable Medical Equipment · 2,286 LEIE rows · 2.7% of corpus
- Hospital · 2,389 LEIE rows · 2.9% of corpus
- Private Entity · 1,941 LEIE rows · 2.3% of corpus
- Chiropractic · 1,758 LEIE rows · 2.1% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- Durable Medical Equipment · 2.7% share · 2,286 rows
- Hospital · 2.9% share · 2,389 rows
- Private Entity · 2.3% share · 1,941 rows
- Chiropractic · 2.1% share · 1,758 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - Pharmacy
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aimee Christine Riaski | CA | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2012-04-19 |
| Wanda Lopez | MA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2011-12-20 |
| Sachin Amin | FL | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-10-20 |
| Muzammel Khan | NY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-10-20 |
| Shahid Mahmood | NJ | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-10-20 |
| Karapet Khacheryan | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-09-20 |
| Anand Mittal | PA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-09-20 |
| Mohammed Tanveer | NY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-09-20 |
| Carolyn Y Barton-Tylij | CA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2011-08-18 |
| Wayne K Delancey | NJ | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 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.