Who we are
Founded by former federal healthcare fraud prosecutors
Exclusion Screening was founded by two healthcare attorneys with more than 70 years of combined experience, both former National Health Care Fraud Coordinators at the U.S. Department of Justice. They built the service around what investigators and auditors actually ask to see. CEO Mike Simmons adds 15 years of healthcare software experience.
Paul Weidenfeld
Co-Founder
Former National Health Care Fraud Coordinator, U.S. Department of Justice
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Robert Liles
Co-Founder
Former National Health Care Fraud Coordinator, U.S. Department of Justice
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2M+screenings performed per year
~1,000healthcare organizations served
165K+records screened in an average month
70+years of combined healthcare law experience
Screening volume from SAFER Plus™ records, November 2025 – October 2026.
our responsibility
We handle your compliance so you can focus on your practice
We run your federal and state exclusion screening and verify every potential match, so your team gets finished, documented results instead of a list of names to research.
Verification
We emphasize resolution-focused screening. When a name comes back as a possible match, a specialist compares multiple identifying data points against the exclusion record and documents why it is, or is not, the same individual or entity. That review is what cuts false positives and false negatives. See how verification works →
Scalable
You pay for what you actually screen. Pricing starts at $30/month and scales with the number of people and vendors on your rosters. Upload rosters by file or secure file transfer, or connect by API to automate the whole process.
Cost-Effective
Exclusion Screening delivers compliance value without unnecessary cost by focusing resources where they matter most and eliminating avoidable expense.
End-to-end compliance
Our Solutions
Support your organization with a comprehensive compliance program by addressing risk across all areas. Identify issues early, maintain oversight, and meet regulatory expectations with confidence.
Employee Screening
Screen employees and candidates against exclusion lists to support regulatory compliance. We offer single searches and scalable options.
See Exclusion Screening for Employees →
Vendor and Contractor Screening
Reduce regulatory risk and ensure compliant business relationships.
See Exclusion Screening for Vendors →
Compliance Hotline
A confidential reporting channel for employees and partners to report concerns.
See Compliance Hotline →
Comprehensive Coverage
The lists that matter
Our SAFER Plus™ software screens against the OIG and SAM federal databases, as well as all applicable state exclusion databases, with synchronized updates to help ensure your employees and vendors remain compliant.
OIG’s List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE)
General Services Administration’s System for Award Management (GSA/SAM)
All 46 state Medicaid exclusion lists (43 states and DC)
Social Security Administration Death Master File (SSADMF)
Customers
What our customers say
We really appreciate how responsive and thorough you’ve been throughout this process.
The new system looks great and was easy to navigate and upload! The process was a lot quicker.
Wow! You guys are fast. I just received the results.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Exclusions are administrative sanctions imposed by the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS/OIG, or simply OIG) that bar individuals and entities from participating in federal health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. OIG’s authority comes from Section 1128 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), and OIG publishes every current exclusion in its List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE). Federal programs may not pay for items or services furnished, ordered, or prescribed by an excluded party (42 C.F.R. § 1001.1901). Providers that employ or contract with excluded parties risk civil money penalties under 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(6) and liability for overpayments. OIG’s exclusions background page explains the program in full.
Providers should screen prior to employment or to the initiation of a business relationship and monthly thereafter. Monthly screening makes sense because a person’s exclusion status is always subject to change. Medicare Advantage and Part D plans must check the OIG and GSA/SAM lists before hiring or contracting and monthly thereafter, and must hold their first-tier, downstream, and related entities to the same standard (Medicare Managed Care Manual, Ch. 21, § 50.6.8; 42 C.F.R. § 422.503). CMS directed state Medicaid agencies to require providers to screen employees and contractors monthly (State Medicaid Director Letter #08-003 and #09-001), and state Medicaid programs and managed care contracts commonly make it a condition of participation. OIG unequivocally recommends monthly LEIE checks in its 2013 Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion and has linked a failure to screen with overpayment and CMP liability.
Providers are responsible for ensuring the exclusion status of all employees, vendors and contractors that provide items or services, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, that are payable by federal health care programs. This is not limited to direct billers, and examples of services identified by the OIG include the following: transportation service providers, administrative services, medical equipment suppliers, billers and coders, pharmacists, etc. When in doubt as to who should be screened, providers may want to consider that the OIG has stated in its 2013 Special Advisory Bulletin that civil penalty liability is “greatest for those persons that provide items or services integral to the provision of patient care.”
OIG-LEIE updates its list monthly, while GSA-SAM and state exclusion lists vary. We automatically update our lists each month to ensure that our clients’ employees and vendors are screened against the most up-to-date databases.
At Exclusion Screening, we think it is critical to screen employees and vendors against OIG-LEIE, GSA-SAM, and all of the state Medicaid exclusion lists available.
Absolutely! Exclusion Screening recommends limiting your exclusion screening to three individuals, but, we provide additional logins depending upon your specific size and needs.
We welcome any questions
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How It Works
See our step-by-step screening process from enrollment to monthly reports.
Pricing
$30/month for federal lists plus one state. $40/month for all states. No hidden fees.
See it in action
Stop checking exclusion lists one name at a time
Book a demo and we’ll walk you through SAFER Plus™, show which federal and state lists apply to your organization, and give you a quote based on your headcount.
- OIG, SAM, and every state Medicaid list, screened monthly
- Possible matches verified by a specialist
- Audit-ready records for every screening
