Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 195
- Federal exclusions
- 0.2%
- Share of all LEIE
- #30
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 51 rows in CA
The short answer
License Revocation or Suspension is the statutory reason on 119 of 195 LEIE rows tagged to PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (61%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 195 exclusions tagged to PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (0.2% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (51 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
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LEIE standing
195 exclusions · 0.2% corpus share · rank #30 of 85. Leading statutory reason: License Revocation or Suspension (119, 61% of the category). CA, NY, FL account for the largest share of PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT exclusions on record.
Mid-pack posture at 0.2% corpus share (#30 of 85) with 61% of rows under License Revocation or Suspension. 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 195 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT: License Revocation or Suspe...-led reason mix
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | License Revocation or Suspension | 119 | 61% |
| 2 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 42 | 22% |
| 3 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 15 | 8% |
| 4 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 11 | 6% |
| 5 | Misdemeanor: Federal or State Program Fraud | 3 | 2% |
| 6 | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 2 | 1% |
| 7 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 1 | 1% |
| 8 | Managed Care Default | 1 | 1% |
| 9 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 1 | 1% |
Top states - CA leads PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (26%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 51 |
| 2 | New YorkNY | 28 |
| 3 | FloridaFL | 11 |
| 4 | MichiganMI | 10 |
| 5 | WashingtonWA | 9 |
| 6 | North CarolinaNC | 8 |
| 7 | TexasTX | 7 |
| 8 | ColoradoCO | 6 |
| 9 | PennsylvaniaPA | 5 |
| 10 | MarylandMD | 5 |
Read with PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT: 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
- HEALTH CARE AIDE · 222 LEIE rows · 0.3% of corpus
- NURSE/NURSES AIDE · 245 LEIE rows · 0.3% of corpus
- STATE GOV'T · 120 LEIE rows · 0.1% of corpus
- Laboratory · 275 LEIE rows · 0.3% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- HEALTH CARE AIDE · 0.3% share · 222 rows
- NURSE/NURSES AIDE · 0.3% share · 245 rows
- STATE GOV'T · 0.1% share · 120 rows
- Laboratory · 0.3% share · 275 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Louis Bradshaw | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-07-20 |
| Thomas Francis Harihan | VA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2011-06-20 |
| Troy Wubbena | SC | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-06-20 |
| Donald Gene Holmes | TX | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2011-04-20 |
| David Thomas Stacy | CA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2010-12-20 |
| Richard P Brackett | ME | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2010-10-20 |
| Curtis C Jones | TN | License Revocation or Suspension | 2010-10-20 |
| Chad Ernest Smith | CO | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2010-10-20 |
| Carlos Mendez | CA | License Revocation or Suspension | 2010-09-20 |
| Billy Joe Bragg | WV | License Revocation or Suspension | 2010-08-19 |
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.