Program Exclusions: October 2006

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General AGENCY: Office of Inspector General, HHS. ACTION: Notice of program exclusions. Important Announcement: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) will discontinue publication of monthly exclusion actions in the Federal Register in 1 month. Downloadable files of exclusion actions taken each month are available on the OIG's Web site. In addition, the website has a downloadable data file and an online searchable database containing all exclusion actions currently in effect. This data is called the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) and is located at http://oig.hhs.gov . Click on Exclusions Database to access the LEIE and other important information about the OIG's exclusion program. During the month of October 2006, the HHS Office of Inspector General imposed exclusions in the cases set forth below. When an exclusions is imposed, no program payment is made to anyone for any items or services(other than an emergency item or service not provided in a hospital emergency room) furnished, ordered or prescribed by an excluded party under the Medicare, Medicaid, and all Federal Health Care programs. In addition, no program payment is made to any business or facility, e.g., a hospital, that submits bills for payment for items or services ( printed page 65118) provided by an excluded party. Program beneficiaries remain free to decide for themselves whether they will continue to use the services of an excluded party…