BC Advantage - 2013 Issue 12

What Is the LEIE and What Does it Mean to Your Practice?

By: Julie Sheppard, BSN, JD, CHCThe Office of Inspector General's (OIG) List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) is a database that is updated monthly.  Healthcare providers have a duty to screen prospective and current employees against the LEIE.  The RuleSections 1128 and 1156 of the Social Security Act provide authority to the OIG to exclude individuals and entities from federal health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid.  Individuals may be excluded for reasons that fall into one of two categories:  permissive or mandatory.  However, exclusions are applied broadly in both categories.  Excluded individuals...

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