February 2016 Exclusion Alert

Employment & Compliance Alert

We have provided the list of new program exclusions for the month of February 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
Stacy L. Daniels Julie R. Davis Solomon A. Doibo Jeremy Hazeltine Mohamed H. Hussain Lisa Lewis Yolanda Mason Tracy Lanett Mathews Melissa J. Mills Christy Lynn Oglesby Trisha Sue Pirkle Rachael Catherine Rafferty Donericka Rogers Charice Williams	Darlene Kay Bickel Donald Butterfield William Paul Cornils Kyle Allen Davis Kalyn Gauler Amanda S. King Gregory Allen Louck Roger A. Lucero Thomas Bernard Shields Ashley Marie Trent	Faye Benita Jones Marvin Jerome Manning

Pennsylvania	Kentucky	Florida
Douglas I. Bienstock Charmaine Boston Bruce C. Gipson Khalilah Hagerman Kevin Eugene Hobson Maxo Jean Lakeisha Johnson Dana Lee Julio Miranda Joseph E. Moran Mahen Patel Absalom Philpot Rudwinea Powell Robert Stalker Yvonne Watson Nancy Willard	Ryan Daniel Beauerle Andrew Booker Bobsin Cindy Marie Logsdon Brown Deborah Cheri Bond Eberwein Aimee Leann Charles Perry	Esther Annegret Baker Jonathan C. Berry Heather Bowen Karen Maxine Caldwell Kathleen F. Conner Julie Amelia Coronado Frances Alberta Downs Stephanie Marie Guzinkewycz Chris Greeley Irwin Yvonne M. Johnson Gregory Pippin Lance C. Pulver Kenneth Ramos Belal Shofique Barbara J. Tucker