December 2015 Exclusion Alert

Employment & Compliance Alert

We have provided the list of new program exclusions for the month of December as published on the OIG website. Health care providers are prohibited from employing or contracting with an excluded person or entity, and face significant penalties if they do, so make sure to review the list below carefully.

We have redacted the list to show only those exclusions for Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Florida. Remember, doing a nationwide search is the only way to be certain that the individual you are screening is not prohibited from Federal program participation. If an individual has worked in or moved from another state, the individual’s exclusion status will only be visible by searching the database for the individual’s previous state of residence or by searching the nationwide database. To search the nationwide database, click HERE.

Health care providers should not rely only on these monthly publications of new exclusions, but should also verify that their employees and contractors are not excluded from a government healthcare program by checking the databases maintained by the Office of Inspector General and the System for Award Management upon hire and periodically thereafter.

If you have any questions or concerns about the exclusions, then feel free to contact us.

Please note that this alert is intended to be informational only, and is not intended to be nor should it be relied upon as legal advice. Rolf Goffman Martin Lang LLP will not be responsible for any actions taken or arrangements structured based upon this alert. The receipt of this alert by an organization that is not a current client of Rolf Goffman Martin Lang LLP does not create an attorney-client relationship between the recipient and the law firm.

Ohio	Indiana	Michigan
Mohammed Abdi Julia A. Andrews Misty Barney-Bostwick Christine M. Bayes Chanita Carter Roberta L. Desure Alicia Dietrich Laura C. Eshelman Angela Hannah Teresa Hardesty Nicole Jackson Jene M. Love Toni Jo Madden Amy S. Neubacher Markita Pope Shardaira Raymond John Rehak Leon Shaffold Billie N. Skeens Anthony L. Smith Lenette Smith-Stewart Steven Triplett Ruey Jy Tsai Tahsiung Tsai Queen E. Ward Erika White Linda Young-Lee	Valco Healthcare Services, Inc. Heather Burns Misty Dawn Chaffins Martin Allen Gerndt Raymie Charles Gill Rita Jean Hardy Gary Mikel Hartman Kala Lynn Head Julie Ann Larkin Denise Marie Lawrence Barifi Opare-Addo Amy Elizabeth Sprouse Jesus Turk	Nan Beth Alt William Jacob Alt Malik Hanna Dababneh Golden Goye Higgwe Vicha Janviriya Mohammed Sadiq Timothy E. Whiteus

Pennsylvania	Kentucky	Florida
Infinite Care, Inc. Tawana Andrews Purna Chandra Aramalla Darlene Carr Sarah Cintron Hastings Ahab Elmadhoun Shai-Ajisha Grover Stacy Irene Heisler Maureen Kelly Alexsandr Koptyakov Michael Anthony Maloy Alicia Lynn Mixter Susan Morgan Alan Popick Kristi Ringler Roberta Stewart Danielle Marie Tunstall Kimberly Mary Valenson Trudi Zeigler Terry James Zogby	Wei Lih Sheih Peter Tsai	Cynthia Jean Akers Ronald Clayton Backmon Michael Antonio Brown Darnica M. Collins Vickie Cox Stuart Fox Dale Reynolds Fralicker Sucel Santos Hernandez Heather Anne Howells Sabiha Khan Edward J. Novak Martha Otano Ashish J. Patel Adam F. Perry Justin J. Prezas Feng Ying Ren Courtney Richardson Kelsey Lynn Rossi Misty Gayle Roth Victor A. Sanchez Kelvin Andre Smith Patricia Anne Sullivan Hong Tang Sharon Tommasino