A: The Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is required by law to exclude from participation in all Federal health care programs individuals and entities convicted of the following types of criminal offenses:
(1) Medicare or Medicaid fraud, as well as any other offenses related to the delivery of items or services under Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, or other State health care programs;
(2) patient abuse or neglect;
(3) felony convictions for other health care-related fraud, theft, or other financial misconduct; and
(4) felony convictions relating to unlawful manufacture, distribution, prescription, or dispensing of controlled substances.
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