Skip to content
Back to Compliance Academy

Product context is educational relevance, not a feature-status or compliance claim.

Health-Care Exclusions
Screening
Compliance Manager
Admin

What is an HHS-OIG exclusion (LEIE)?

An HHS-OIG exclusion from Federal health care programs, recorded in the LEIE, with payment and participation consequences defined by the exclusion authority.

Last Reviewed: 2026-09-19Plain-English reference · not legal advice

Plain-English Summary

HHS-OIG can exclude individuals and entities from Federal health care programs and publishes current exclusions in the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE). The primary effect described by OIG is that Federal health care programs will not make payment for items or services furnished, ordered, or prescribed by an excluded individual or entity. The exclusion is distinct from OFAC sanctions and export-control restrictions.

Why This Matters

A LEIE match can be material when the party furnishes, orders, prescribes, manages, or otherwise participates in items or services paid by a Federal health care program. OIG also warns that entities hiring or contracting with excluded parties can face civil monetary penalty exposure in applicable circumstances. Relevance therefore depends on the activity and payment nexus, not simply whether the reviewing company labels itself a health-care company.

Visual Guide

Explanation Depth

Concept Explanation

The LEIE is HHS-OIG’s list of people and organizations excluded from Federal health care programs. The key consequence is usually about Federal health care program payment for work connected to the excluded party. It is not the same thing as a trade sanctions list.

When You'll See This in SecurePoint

SecurePoint can surface an HHS-OIG / LEIE result with its source and preserve the reviewer’s disposition. The platform does not determine health-care-program payment eligibility, and an internal 'not relevant' code is not a safe harbor from OIG exclusion effects.

What You Should Do Next

Confirm the LEIE identity and review the relationship or activity involving the party. If Federal health care program payment or participation is implicated, route the matter to the responsible health-care compliance function. If the activity is outside that scope, document the source and why the exclusion does not affect the contemplated activity rather than treating the result as an export or sanctions determination.

What Can Go Wrong

It is wrong to treat a LEIE result as an OFAC-style sanctions block. It is also unsafe to dismiss the result merely because the organization is not primarily a health-care provider. OIG’s payment prohibition can reach items or services furnished, ordered, or prescribed by the excluded party and can affect entities that employ or contract with the excluded party in covered activity.

Need structured workflow compliance?

SecurePoint USA builds these checks, watchlists, approvals, and immutable logs directly into your daily operations.

What is an HHS-OIG exclusion (LEIE)? | Compliance Academy | SecurePoint USA