What is an HHS-OIG exclusion (LEIE)?
The HHS Office of Inspector General's list of parties excluded from federal health-care programs (the LEIE) — typically "exclusion not relevant" outside health care.
Plain-English Summary
Why This Matters
Aggregated screening surfaces health-care exclusions next to sanctions and export hits, and they are governed by an entirely different regime. A reviewer who recognizes a LEIE hit as a health-care-program exclusion can disposition it correctly — neither treating it as a trade prohibition nor missing it in the rare case the organization actually participates in federal health-care programs.
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Relevant
- You bill or participate in federal health-care programs
- The party would work on program-related activity
- Risk of civil monetary penalties
Not relevant (code 61)
- No federal-health-care-program nexus
- Export / visitor context only
- Record the rationale
Scope is health-care program participation — unrelated to export/visitor controls.
Explanation Depth
Concept Explanation
The health department's watchdog (HHS-OIG) keeps a list of people and companies banned from Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health programs. It is called the LEIE. This is about health care, not trade sanctions. For a business that has nothing to do with federal health programs, a hit here is normally "exclusion not relevant." If a company does work in health care, an excluded person is a real problem and goes to their health-care-compliance team.When You'll See This in SecurePoint
In SecurePoint, an HHS-OIG / LEIE match (code 61) is shown with its source so reviewers can distinguish it from sanctions/export hits. The disposition and rationale are recorded; matters with a health-care-program nexus are referred to the responsible function. The platform documents the screening review only.
What You Should Do Next
Confirm the hit is an HHS-OIG / LEIE exclusion, not a sanctions or export designation. Ask whether your organization participates in, or bills, federal health-care programs (Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, etc.) in a way that involves this party. If not, record it as "exclusion not relevant" (code 61) with that rationale. If there is a health-care-program nexus, route it to the responsible health-care-compliance function — that is outside the export/visitor screening scope.
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