Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
Psychology
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a Psychology category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 510
- Federal exclusions
- 0.6%
- Share of all LEIE
- #23
- Of 85 provider types
- CA
- 154 rows in CA
The short answer
License Revocation or Suspension is the statutory reason on 244 of 510 LEIE rows tagged to Psychology (48%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 510 exclusions tagged to Psychology (0.6% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: CA (154 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Heavy LEIE volume band
Psychology in the heavy-volume third
510 federal exclusions put Psychology in the densest third of 85 active provider types (#23). Leading statutory reason: License Revocation or Suspension (244, 48% of the category). CA, MI, NY account for the largest share of Psychology exclusions on record.
Heavy volume (510 rows, 0.6% of corpus) mainly tracks how many psychology 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 510 Psychology LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of statutory headings for this provider type, not the raw reason RankTable below.
Psychology exclusion reasons
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for this provider type.
Top states - CA leads Psychology (30%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaCA | 154 |
| 2 | MichiganMI | 32 |
| 3 | New YorkNY | 30 |
| 4 | MinnesotaMN | 27 |
| 5 | PennsylvaniaPA | 25 |
| 6 | IllinoisIL | 20 |
| 7 | GeorgiaGA | 19 |
| 8 | FloridaFL | 16 |
| 9 | OhioOH | 15 |
| 10 | ColoradoCO | 14 |
Read with Psychology: What board and exclusion actions mean · All provider types
Nationwide peers near Psychology'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
- OWNER/OPERATOR · 536 LEIE rows · 0.6% of corpus
- Counseling · 558 LEIE rows · 0.7% of corpus
- Mental Health Facility · 560 LEIE rows · 0.7% of corpus
- Podiatry · 442 LEIE rows · 0.5% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- OWNER/OPERATOR · 0.6% share · 536 rows
- Counseling · 0.7% share · 558 rows
- Mental Health Facility · 0.7% share · 560 rows
- Podiatry · 0.5% share · 442 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - Psychology
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Metter | NJ | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-09-20 |
| Michael Miran | NY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-09-20 |
| Sally A Wright | WV | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2011-09-20 |
| Mark E Berman | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-08-18 |
| Jack C Haney | GA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-06-20 |
| Rosemarie D Amendolia | NY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2011-05-19 |
| Elizabeth Scott Paterson | CO | License Revocation or Suspension | 2011-04-20 |
| Gregorio J Canillas | CA | Managed Care Default | 2011-02-20 |
| Hilda Astrid Chalgujian | CA | Managed Care Default | 2011-02-20 |
| Paul D Mangum | FL | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2010-11-18 |
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.