Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
Private Entity
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a Private Entity category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 1,941
- Federal exclusions
- 2.3%
- Share of all LEIE
- #11
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 505 rows in CA
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 1,399 of 1,941 LEIE rows tagged to Private Entity (72%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 1,941 exclusions tagged to Private Entity (2.3% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (505 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Heavy LEIE volume band
Private Entity in the heavy-volume third
1,941 federal exclusions put Private Entity in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#11). Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (1,399, 72% of the category). CA, FL, OH account for the largest share of Private Entity exclusions on record.
Heavy volume (1,941 rows, 2.3% of corpus) mainly tracks how many private entity 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 1,941 Private Entity LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
Private Entity: Conviction: Program-Related...-led reason mix
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
| # | Statutory reason | LEIE rows | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 1,399 | 72% |
| 2 | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 126 | 6% |
| 3 | License Revocation or Suspension | 120 | 6% |
| 4 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 75 | 4% |
| 5 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 63 | 3% |
| 6 | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 53 | 3% |
| 7 | Managed Care Default | 34 | 2% |
| 8 | Fraud, Kickbacks, or Prohibited Activities | 23 | 1% |
| 9 | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 19 | 1% |
| 10 | Entity Controlled by Sanctioned Individual | 14 | 1% |
Top states - CA leads Private Entity (26%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 505 |
| 2 | FloridaFL | 201 |
| 3 | OhioOH | 173 |
| 4 | New YorkNY | 111 |
| 5 | OregonOR | 73 |
| 6 | TexasTX | 66 |
| 7 | WashingtonWA | 64 |
| 8 | PennsylvaniaPA | 53 |
| 9 | MinnesotaMN | 50 |
| 10 | MichiganMI | 50 |
Read with Private Entity: What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types
Nationwide peers near Private Entity'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
- Chiropractic · 1,758 LEIE rows · 2.1% of corpus
- Pharmacy · 2,239 LEIE rows · 2.7% of corpus
- Durable Medical Equipment · 2,286 LEIE rows · 2.7% of corpus
- Hospital · 2,389 LEIE rows · 2.9% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- Chiropractic · 2.1% share · 1,758 rows
- Pharmacy · 2.7% share · 2,239 rows
- Durable Medical Equipment · 2.7% share · 2,286 rows
- Hospital · 2.9% share · 2,389 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - Private Entity
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly Anne Hunter | IA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2013-01-20 |
| Shameka C Atkinson | NC | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-11-20 |
| Natalie Ann Hanson | MN | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-10-18 |
| Linda Kay Forbess | OR | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-08-20 |
| Elizabeth Banares | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-05-20 |
| Crisencia Matienzo | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-05-20 |
| Robby Lemon Owens | MO | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2012-05-20 |
| Philip Richard Even | OR | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 2012-04-19 |
| John M Costa | WA | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2012-03-20 |
| Francine Deweese | OR | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2012-02-20 |
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.