Waivers
OIG has the authority to waive an individual or entity's exclusion as a provider from Federal health programs. See Section 1128(c)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (Act) and 42 C.F.R. 1001.1801(b). Waivers are available only for those excluded providers who are the sole community physician or the sole source of essential specialized services in a community. Waivers cannot be granted to those excluded for patient neglect or abuse. See section 1128(a)(2) of the Act.
A waiver may be requested only by the administrator of a Federal or State health program. Excluded individuals or entities may not request a waiver from the OIG. For more information on waivers, see our FAQs.
The current waivers in effect are listed below. Unless otherwise specified, all waivers permit the individual or entity to participate in Medicare, Medicaid, and all other Federal health care programs, subject to the limitations described below and in each waiver letter. Please read the attached letters to obtain further details about the scope of each waiver.
| Individual/Entity | Description | State | Effective |
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| Antoon, Patrick M.D. | This waiver is effective for all items and services he furnishes, orders and prescribes as a medical doctor specializing in primary and family care physician services in Lafayette County, Arkansas. | AR | 04-29-2014 |
| Aswad, Mohamed Basel, M.D. | This wavier is effective for all oncology and oncology-related services within Luna County, New Mexico and with respect to all resultant prescriptions or referrals for services, regardless of location in which such prescriptions or referred services are provided under the Medicare, Medicaid and all Federal health care programs. | NM | 02-18-2016 |
| Davis, M.D., John | This waiver is effective for urologic items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed in Yadkin County, North Carolina. | NC | 04-08-2011 |
| Despot, M.D., Janet Elizabeth | This waiver is effective for allergy, asthma-related, immunology and pulmonary care items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed in Buckley and Shelton, Washington, and at Enumclaw Regional Hospital in Enumclaw, Washington. | OH | 07-07-2010 |
| Ghabag, Faraj Alhadi, M.D. | This waiver is effective in respect to the provision of services as a salaried employee, to include resultant prescriptions or referred services which he would provide in connection to his employment with Community Health Center, Inc located in Meriden, Connecticut. | CT | 08-25-2016 |
| Hansen, Ralph Stuart | This waiver is effective for services relating to Dr. Hansen's position as Regional Health Officer in the Northwest Region of New Mexico. The Northwest region includes the counties of Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, San Juan, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia, New Mexico. | NM | 02-12-2014 |
| Jackson, M.D., Nedra C. | This waiver is effective for items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed at the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Clinic in Utica, Mississippi. | MS | 09-28-2010 |
| Kotheimer, M.D., Gregory C. | This waiver is effective for items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. | CNMI | 08-20-2010 |
| Lentz, Randy S., M.D. | This waiver is effective for all physician services permitted under his licensure and consistent with the Georgia Medicaid State Plan as a medical doctor in Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Ware, Pierce, Wayne, Glynn, McIntosh, Long, Liberty and Tatnall counties in Georgia under the Medicare, Medicaid and all Federal health care programs. | GA | 09-17-2014 |
| Levitt, M.D., Keith N. | This waiver is effective for all items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed in the Northwest Region of New Mexico, but only as the items and services relate to the subject's position as the Regional Health Officer. This waiver expands the previous waiver that is effective for all items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed in the Southeast Region of New Mexico, but only as the items and services relate to the subject's position as the Regional Health Officer. | NM | 01-24-2014 |
| Levitt, M.D., Keith | This waiver is effective for all items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed in the Southeast Region of New Mexico, but only as the items and services relate to the subject's position as the Regional Health Officer for the Southeast region of New Mexico. | NM | 01-15-2013 |
| Metzger, M.D., Michael Ervin | This waiver is effective for internal medicine items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed at the Rimrock Foundation, Billings, Montana. | MT | 09-29-2011 |
| Miranda, Eduardo, M.D. | This waiver is effective for all items and services that he furnishes, orders and prescribes as a medical doctor in the following counties of Texas. Those counties are: Kinney, Uvalde, Bandera, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Karnes, Goliad, Victoria, Calhoun, Medina, Maverick, Zavala, Frio, Atascosa, Dimmitt, La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak, Bee, Webb, Duval, Jim Wells, San Patricio, Nueces, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Brooks, Kenedy, Starr, Hidalgo, Willacy and Cameron. | TX | 06-18-2015 |
| Muncrief, D.O., Kim | This waiver is effective for all items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed at the Bill Willis Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Center facilities in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. | OK | 07-01-2001 |
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Waiver Rescinded - Patwardhan, M.D., Vinod Chandrashekhar |
The waiver and expansion is rescinded.
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05-30-2015 07-20-2011, expanded 12-20-2011 |
| Pickens, M.D., Cory L | This waiver is effective for all covered neuroanesthesiology items and services furnished, ordered or prescribed at Benefis Hospital, Great Falls, Montana. | MT | 11/15/2011 |
| Rosati, M.D., Samuel M. | This waiver is effective for items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed at the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center, Rochester, New York. | NY | 05-23-2008 |
| Shrum, D.O., Kelly Dean | This waiver is effective for obstetrical and gynecological items and services provided in Drew County, Arkansas. | AR | 01-31-2012 |
| Thomas, O.D., Durward J. | This waiver is effective for items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed in the city of Ringgold and in Red River Parish, Louisiana | LA | 02-02-2005 |
| Tosado-Polanco, M.D., Juan | This waiver is effective for obstetrical and gynecological items and services as well as associated primary care services furnished, ordered and prescribed in the municipalities of Maunabo, Patillas, Arroyo and Salinas in the South East Region of Puerto Rico. | PR | 04-28-2014 |
| Tosado-Polanco, M.D., Juan | This waiver is effective for obstetrical and gynecological items and services as well as associated primary care services furnished, ordered and prescribed in the municipalities of Maunabo, Patillas, Arroyo, Salinas and Guayama in the South East Region of Puerto Rico. This waiver expands the previous waiver to now include the municipality of Guayama. | PR | 02-15-2015 |
| Trauger, D.C., Gary L. | This waiver is effective for claims for covered items or services furnished in the State of North Dakota. | ND | 10-31-1994 |
| Union County Medical Center, Inc. | This waiver is effective for all items and services furnished, ordered, or prescribed at UCMC in Union County, New Mexico. | NM | 06-18-2009 |
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