January 2016 Exclusion Alert

Employment & Compliance Alert

We have provided the list of new program exclusions for the month of January 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
Portia Ann Cooper Yvonne Curry Penny M. Duckwiler Christopher Edmondson Valerie Grant Candice Hoff Stephanie King Michael A. Klingensmith Nadira O. Mohamud Bhakta Rizal Reena Rizal Kelly Sibert Kimberly Simmons Jamie Smith Leslie Spencer Tamara Taylor Kristy B. Ullery Ronald E. Webb	Quality Home Health Care Inc. Tender Care Mobile X-Ray Co., Inc. Ann Elizabeth Austin Matthew Edward Christ Joyce Ann Curtis Korisha Lynn Gaddie Chad Gordon Rosanna Marie Henson Brandy Lynn Herriott Raeann Jasper Suzanne Marie Kleifgen Mary Ellen Lederleitner Shannon Meegan Wendy Ann Moore Charles Edwin Myers Melissa Michelle Phalora Kristal Smart Renee Alice Sorensen Angela Marie Stewart William Terpstra Brooke Nicole Thompson Stacy Renee Timberman Richard Lewis Tryon	Ruth Lee Brantley Kyna Michelle King Duane Harold Parson Ava Castelow Rowe Gaynelle Smith Mary Ann Young

Pennsylvania	Kentucky	Florida
Janice Allen Kurt Richard Bauer Nadia Demota Traci Dill-Vodzak Patricia Federoff Lawrence Givens Dong-Pyou Han Paul Owen Kelly Laura Gail Lauer Daryl Manning Andre Kahied Mitchell Heather Ann Panek Eileen Marie Penney Deborah Rahn Aeisha Rohman Joanne Salmon Lakemia Smith Jules Sybert Charles Talarigo	Jennifer Bates Allen Wayne Avery Shannon Michelle Cheatham Jassy Gabriel Paige Nicole Turner	American Sleep Institute American Therapeutic Corp. Medlink Professional Management Denise A. Angel Eric Manuel Antunes Ruth Ann Bierce Jennifer Lynn Blair Gustavo B. Borges Jay Paul Brooks Allison Grace Conway Karey Ann Costello Sharita M. Craig Tony Joe Fleming Megan Fretz John M. Gayden Jr. Rae J. Grande Alicia Faye Guise-Dawson Augusto Guzman-Chavez Aileen Rodgers Heller Angela Kay Hicks Denise M. Hollis Kristine Hoverkamp Stefen Kava David H. Kiner Elizabeth Anne Kolhoff Nicole York Kretschmer David A. Leavins Christine Marie Mallard Daniel J. McComiskey Lori Ann Metz Shakerira Reniece Norton Shana L. O’Neal Eric Reed Tracy Lyndon Rigdon Jan Nino B. Satorre Sheri Beth Shaver Sharafat Adebisi Shorunke Heidi Renee Smith Karen L. Vorhees Lakeya G. Wanamaker Krystyna Wortham