Guidelines for health care providers to screen employees, contractors and vendors monthly against LEIE exclusion list.
“The prohibition on Federal health care program payment for items or services furnished by an excluded individual includes items and services beyond direct patient care.
- For instance, the prohibition applies to services performed by excluded individuals who work for or under an arrangement with a hospital, nursing home, home health agency, or managed care entity when such services are related to, for example, preparation of surgical trays or review of treatment plans, regardless of whether such services are separately billable or are included in bundled payment.
- Another example is services performed by excluded pharmacists or other excluded individuals who input prescription information for pharmacy billing or who are involved in any way in filling prescriptions for drugs that are billed to a Federal health care program.
- Also, excluded individuals are prohibited from providing transportation services that are paid for by a Federal health care program, such as those provided by ambulance drivers or ambulance company dispatchers.” OIG Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion From Participation in Federal Health Care Programs (May 8, 2013)7
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