The Texas OIG exclusions database is a list of excluded individuals and entities similar to the federal HHS OIG exclusion database. The primary difference between the two databases is that the Texas OIG exclusions database contains the names of individuals and entities that have violated state law as well as those that have violated federal law.
Exclusion Databases Explained
Exclusion databases are lists of individuals and entities that are prohibited from providing goods or services to federal or state funded programs because they are guilty of some type of misconduct against the federal or state government. Most federal departments and state agencies maintain exclusion databases – usually through an Office of Inspector General (OIG) or equivalent.
The most well-known exclusion database in healthcare is the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities – also known as the OIG LEIE. This list contains the details of thousands of individuals and entities prohibited from providing goods or services to federal health care programs for violations of §1128 of the Social Security Act.
The reason this exclusion database is so well-known in healthcare is that healthcare providers who acquire goods or services from somebody on the database can be fined and potentially added to the database – effectively excluding themselves from federal health care programs. Consequently, all healthcare providers should frequently screen members of the workforce and vendors for exclusions.
Source: What is the Texas OIG Exclusions Database? / The HIPAA Journal