HOW IS THE OIG LEIE & THE GSA’S SAM DATABASE IS DIFFERENT?

 

Since medical department and public health system is one of the most important departments for any country therefore it makes it obvious to take extra precaution. human resource channelizes other resources and make the most out of it. And when we talk about being it important therefore, every government has to take every fraud and abuse seriously and address it. Specially in the healthcare and medical department.

 

In order to make the system more transparent and make authorities and the public be aware about entities, agencies and individuals which have committed a fraud in the health care department or has conducted ill practices and mal practice, the GSA Exclusion List, SAM and OIG publishes an exclusion list. One such exclusion list is OMIG Exclusion List.

 

Many people are confused and do not understand what’s the difference between all the list, then it can be quite comprehensive. The most significant difference between LEIE and GSA SAM database is that LEIE database only consist of action which are exclusion which are under taken by HHS OIG. On the other hand, SAM exclusion list only consist of debarment actions which are taken by various federal agencies which also consists are HHS OIG. this clearly states that these two lists are similar but does have some difference.

 

The LEIE is made available on the OIG website in the following format, they look quite similar but have some striking differences

·         The exclusion list is very easy to search. It can be downloaded and then the entity, agency or an individual can be searched. If the name of that individual, agency or entity is found then they need to be confirmed with the help of the individual Social Security Number. In case of agencies and entities Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) can help identifying the match.

·         The next format is to download the database of the whole list provided by the LEIE. This can be downloaded on a personal computer. It is quite a comprehensive lost and with the help of SSN and national provider identifier, can verify the match.