Provider type · HHS OIG LEIE · August 2026
SALES/MARKET/RETAIL
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General LEIE extract, federal healthcare-program exclusions for a SALES/MARKET/RETAIL category show volume rank, reason mix, and state concentration, not a patient-safety grade.
- 23
- Federal exclusions
- 0.0%
- Share of all LEIE
- #54
- Of 85 provider types
- FL
- 6 rows in FL
The short answer
Conviction: Program-Related Crime is the statutory reason on 18 of 23 LEIE rows tagged to SALES/MARKET/RETAIL (78%).
The live HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities lists 23 exclusions tagged to SALES/MARKET/RETAIL (0.0% of tracked rows). Largest state concentration: FL (6 rows). Volume tracks federal billing exposure and audit pathways, not a misconduct rate inside the specialty. Dataset vintage: August 2026.
Thin LEIE volume band
SALES/MARKET/RETAIL in the thin-volume third
23 exclusions place SALES/MARKET/RETAIL in the bottom third by volume among 85 active provider types. Leading statutory reason: Conviction: Program-Related Crime (18, 78% of the category). FL, CA, TN account for the largest share of SALES/MARKET/RETAIL exclusions on record.
Thin volume (23 rows) can mean fewer federal billers, less audit exposure, or genuinely lower violation rates ; FL still concentrates 26% of this sparse book. LEIE alone cannot separate those causes.
Source: HHS OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) · PlainDiscipline specialty extract · August 2026 · Methodology.
SALES/MARKET/RETAIL: 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 | 18 | 78% |
| 2 | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 3 | 13% |
| 3 | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2 | 9% |
Top states - FL leads SALES/MARKET/RETAIL (26%)
LEIE rows tied to this provider type, not a patient-safety grade.
| # | State | LEIE rows |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FloridaFL | 6 |
| 2 | CaliforniaCA | 4 |
| 3 | TennesseeTN | 3 |
| 4 | New YorkNY | 2 |
| 5 | New JerseyNJ | 2 |
| 6 | TexasTX | 1 |
| 7 | PennsylvaniaPA | 1 |
| 8 | NebraskaNE | 1 |
| 9 | MichiganMI | 1 |
| 10 | MarylandMD | 1 |
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Nationwide peers near SALES/MARKET/RETAIL's thin volume
Cross-category peers matched on federal exclusion volume and share of the LEIE corpus, not the state concentration table above.
Similar exclusion volume
- OPTICAL PRACTICE · 23 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- OFFICER/EXECUT/BOARD · 23 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- EMPLOYEE - GRADE UNK · 23 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
- DOCTOR OWNED ENTITY · 23 LEIE rows · 0.0% of corpus
Similar share of all LEIE exclusions
- OPTICAL PRACTICE · 0.0% share · 23 rows
- OFFICER/EXECUT/BOARD · 0.0% share · 23 rows
- EMPLOYEE - GRADE UNK · 0.0% share · 23 rows
- DOCTOR OWNED ENTITY · 0.0% share · 23 rows
Recent Federal Exclusions - SALES/MARKET/RETAIL
| Name | State | Reason | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Caronia | NY | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2010-04-20 |
| Michael Arnold Carney | KY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2010-02-18 |
| Nordelyn Lowder | CA | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2010-01-20 |
| Doantrang Thi Nguyen | CA | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2010-01-20 |
| David Tucker | NJ | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2009-12-20 |
| Salvatore Anthony Esposito | NY | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2009-07-20 |
| Julio Cesar Cruz | FL | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2009-06-18 |
| Martin Higgins | NJ | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2005-07-20 |
| Jeffrey B Fields | TX | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2005-02-20 |
| Debra Scott | FL | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2004-05-20 |
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.