Exclusion screening guides

Short, sourced answers to the questions compliance staff actually search for. Each guide quotes the government document that states the rule and links it, describes what the data shows, and stops short of telling you what your own obligation is; that is between you, your state agency and your counsel.

• How often should a healthcare employer screen for OIG exclusions?

  What HHS-OIG's 2013 bulletin says about screening frequency, why monthly is the common practice, and how the states' own Medicaid rules add to it.

  Published 2026-09-15

• What happens when a provider employs an excluded individual

  The payment prohibition, civil monetary penalties and assessments HHS-OIG describes for employing an excluded person, with the source documents linked.

  Published 2026-09-15

• LEIE, SAM.gov and state exclusion lists: what each one covers

  How the OIG LEIE, SAM.gov exclusions and the states' Medicaid lists differ: who publishes each, what an entry means, and why none covers the others.

  Published 2026-09-15

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