Compliance and safety
State Medicaid Exclusion Lists: Where to Find Each State's List for Monthly Driver Checks
Overview
State Medicaid exclusion lists are the lists each state keeps of people and companies it has excluded, terminated, or suspended from its own Medicaid program. They can name people the federal OIG list does not. In 2009, CMS asked states with lists to remind providers to search them whenever they search the OIG list, so check your state's list, the OIG list, and SAM.gov before hiring and every month.
- Every state Medicaid agency must be able to exclude people and companies on its own, so a state list can name people the OIG list does not.
- Alabama, Georgia, and Kentucky tell providers to search the state list, the OIG list, and SAM.gov before hiring, and Alabama and Georgia every month too.
- Lists go by many names: exclusion, termination, sanction, suspended, ineligible, precluded, or adverse actions.
- Check the list of any state where a new driver or dispatcher lived or worked, not only your own.
- Save a dated copy of every search, as OIG advises for searches of its list.
What a state exclusion list is
Every state Medicaid agency must be able to exclude a person or company for any reason the federal Office of Inspector General could, for as long as the state decides (42 CFR 1002.210). When it does, it must tell the public, among others (42 CFR 1002.212). Most states do that by posting a list.
The OIG exclusion list covers federal exclusions, and SAM.gov exclusions cover federal debarments. A state list covers the state’s own actions, so a driver can be barred from your state’s Medicaid program and still be missing from both federal lists. CMS’s letter of January 16, 2009 told states with their own lists to remind providers to search them whenever they search the OIG list.
The names differ, and so does what each list holds:
- Exclusions only. Vermont lists people excluded by its own Medicaid office and Agency of Human Services.
- For-cause terminations. Washington, Colorado, and Mississippi list providers whose Medicaid participation ended for cause. Washington leaves out terminations without cause.
- Wider sanctions. Louisiana’s list can include exclusions, for-cause terminations, and debarments, Illinois’s includes providers that withdrew voluntarily, and Arkansas lists anyone excluded from doing business with its Department of Human Services, Medicaid or not.
Why NEMT companies check them
Federal law makes each state ensure that every NEMT provider and every individual driver it pays is not excluded from any federal health care program (section 1902(a)(87) of the Social Security Act, as CMS explains in SMD #23-006, September 28, 2023). The same CMS guide says transportation providers must screen their employees, whether or not the state enrolls each driver. Among its examples of work Medicaid will not pay for, CMS’s 2009 letter lists services by excluded ambulance drivers, dispatchers, and other transportation employees carrying hospital patients or nursing home residents.
The penalty for missing a name falls on your claims. Illinois says services by a sanctioned provider are not reimbursable, that terminated, barred, or excluded vendors may not own or work for a Medicaid vendor, and that it may recoup treble damages and fines of up to $10,000 per claim for services billed while a vendor employs a sanctioned provider. Your state also checks you, your owners, and your managing employees against the federal lists at least monthly (42 CFR 455.436).
Each state’s list
Here is where each state Medicaid agency, comptroller, or inspector general posts its list. The dates are the ones the files carried on October 2, 2026:
| State | List | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | List of Suspended Providers | PDF and Excel dated September 24, 2026. Search it, the OIG list, and SAM monthly and before hiring |
| Alaska | Alaska Medical Assistance Excluded Provider List | PDF dated January 2025. Check it and the OIG list before hiring |
| Arizona | AHCCCS State Exclusion List | A spreadsheet of current exclusions, effective October 2, 2026 |
| Arkansas | DHS Excluded Provider List | Covers anyone excluded from doing business with DHS. Results can change daily |
| California | Medi-Cal Suspended and Ineligible Provider List | Monthly; the August 2026 file was posted September 9, 2026. Billing for work by anyone on it can get you suspended too |
| Colorado | Terminated Providers List | Providers terminated for cause from Health First Colorado |
| Connecticut | Quality Assurance Administrative Actions List | Social Services suspensions, exclusions, and terminations, each with its effective date and length |
| Delaware | Delaware Listing of Sanctioned Providers | A PDF report on the Medicaid portal’s Program Integrity page |
| Florida | Medicaid Sanctioned Providers | Pick Medicaid Sanctioned Providers in AHCA’s public record search |
| Georgia | Georgia OIG Exclusions List | Updated September 16, 2026. Search it, the OIG list, and SAM monthly and before hiring |
| Hawaii | Provider Exclusion/Reinstatement List | Updated September 10, 2026. Med-QUEST says to search it monthly |
| Idaho | Medicaid Provider Exclusion List | Linked from Information for Medicaid Providers |
| Illinois | HFS OIG Provider Sanctions | Sanctioned vendors may not own or work for a Medicaid vendor. Includes voluntary withdrawals |
| Iowa | Iowa Medicaid Sanctions List | Check at hire and monthly, under every name a person has used |
| Kansas | Termination List | PDF or Excel of terminated providers, updated as needed |
| Kentucky | Terminated and Excluded Provider List | Updated monthly. Search every list, this one included, before hiring |
| Louisiana | Adverse Actions List | Search by name, then verify with a Social Security number |
| Maine | MaineCare List of Excluded Individuals/Entities | Search by name, then verify with an SSN or EIN |
| Maryland | Maryland Medicaid Sanctioned Provider List | Spreadsheet as of September 9, 2026, updated monthly if needed. For sanction type LB, check the license |
| Massachusetts | Suspended or excluded MassHealth providers | Updated monthly, covering actions since March 23, 2010. Search it and the OIG list monthly |
| Michigan | MDHHS Sanctioned Provider List | Michigan says to check state license sanctions too |
| Minnesota | MHCP excluded provider lists | Group and individual lists, updated monthly. Check at hire and at least monthly |
| Mississippi | Sanctioned Provider List | Terminated for cause. Spreadsheet dated September 18, 2026 |
| Missouri | List of Terminated Individuals or Entities | File of August 31, 2026: providers terminated since February 3, 2011 for conduct that could harm the program. Check at least monthly |
| Montana | Excluded or Terminated Montana Medicaid Providers | Excel list dated July 27, 2026 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Medicaid Excluded Providers | Everyone now excluded, terminated, or suspended. Updated September 28, 2026 |
| Nevada | NV Exclusion List | List dated September 17, 2026. The page also links other states’ lists |
| New Hampshire | Medicaid Provider Exclusion and Sanction List | A spreadsheet on the Medicaid Provider Relations page |
| New Jersey | Ineligible Provider List | Kept by the State Comptroller’s Medicaid Fraud Division and updated monthly |
| New York | OMIG Medicaid Exclusion List | Search up to five names at once, or download the full list or the last 30 days of exclusions. Questions: 518-402-1816 |
| North Carolina | State Excluded Provider List | Terminations and exclusions, updated monthly. Last posted September 24, 2026 |
| North Dakota | ND Medicaid Provider Exclusion List | August 2026 file. Qualified service providers on it have no NPI, so the state verifies them by name, birth date, and last four of the SSN |
| Ohio | Provider Exclusion and Suspension List | Excluded or currently suspended providers, kept by the Ohio Department of Medicaid |
| Oregon | Sanctioned Providers | A searchable list at the end of OHA’s provider enrollment page |
| Pennsylvania | Medicheck List | People and companies precluded from Medical Assistance. Updated daily |
| South Carolina | Excluded/Terminated Providers | Spreadsheet updated September 24, 2026 |
| Tennessee | TennCare Terminated Provider List | On the Program Integrity page, updated as needed |
| Texas | Texas Exclusions List | Check it monthly, and tell Texas HHS OIG if a current employee is on it |
| Vermont | Medicaid Excluded Providers | Only exclusions by DVHA and the Agency of Human Services |
| Washington | Provider termination and exclusion list | HCA and DSHS spreadsheets, updated September 10, 2026 |
| West Virginia | Provider Exclusions and Terminations | October 2026 PDF, posted October 1, 2026 |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Medicaid Provider Exclusion List | PDF dated September 1, 2026, on the Wyoming Medicaid page |
Some states point you to the federal lists instead. South Dakota’s Medicaid FAQ says its excluded providers can be found in the OIG exclusions database. Rhode Island’s November 2020 letter to providers names the OIG list and the federal Excluded Parties List System, now part of SAM.gov, and asks you to report any match to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services right away.
If your state is not in the table, call its Medicaid program integrity office and ask which list it wants providers to check. Either way, keep checking the OIG list and SAM.gov. Nevada’s Medicaid inspector general also keeps a page of links to other states’ lists.
How to run the monthly check
Say you run eight wheelchair vans in Kentucky, and you just hired a driver who moved from Missouri last year. Before her first trip:
- Search the federal lists. Run her name on the OIG list and on SAM.gov, including any former or married names.
- Search your state’s list. Kentucky makes providers search every list, its own Terminated and Excluded Provider List included, before hiring, and the OIG list and SAM every month.
- Search the states she came from. She worked in Missouri, so search Missouri’s terminated provider list too. Kentucky’s list holds only Kentucky’s own actions.
- Confirm any match. Use the identifiers the state gives, such as a Social Security number in Louisiana or Maine, or call the agency that posted the list.
- Save the proof. Keep a dated screenshot or saved file of each result. OIG tells providers to keep documentation of each search of its list, such as a printed screenshot, and Minnesota asks you to keep verifications of anyone you find on a list. The exclusion screening log has a column for each list.
Then repeat steps 1, 2, and 5 for everyone on your roster each month: owners, managers, dispatchers, billers, drivers, and contractors. Exclusion checks are one part of hiring a driver. The rest is in the NEMT driver background check guide.
If someone is on a list, take them off all Medicaid work at once and report it. Georgia wants exclusions found among employees or contractors reported immediately to its Provider Enrollment section, and CMS’s 2009 letter asked every state to require providers to report them right away.
Frequently asked questions
If I check the OIG list, do I still need my state's list?
Yes. A state can exclude or terminate someone from its own program, and OIG adds that person to the federal list only if it decides to (42 CFR 1001.601). Alabama and Georgia make every participating provider search the state list, the OIG list, and SAM.gov monthly and before hiring, and Kentucky requires all lists, its own included, before hiring. In its January 16, 2009 letter, CMS asked states with their own lists to remind providers to search them whenever they search the OIG list.
Does an exclusion in one state count in other states?
Often, yes. Every state must deny or end the enrollment of a provider that Medicare or another state's Medicaid program terminated on or after January 1, 2011, while it is in the federal termination database (42 CFR 455.416(c)). OIG may also exclude anyone a state sanctioned for reasons of competence, performance, or financial integrity, which puts them on the federal list (42 CFR 1001.601).
How often are state exclusion lists updated?
It varies. Pennsylvania says its Medicheck list updates daily, and Arkansas says its results can change daily. California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Minnesota update monthly, Georgia at least monthly, and Maryland monthly when needed. Kansas and Tennessee update as needed. Check the date on the file or page each time, and save it with your search.
What should I do if a driver's name matches a state list?
Confirm it before you act on it, using the identifiers the state gives. Louisiana and Maine let you verify with a Social Security number, North Dakota matches some providers by name, birth date, and the last four digits of the SSN, and Minnesota's provider call center at 651-431-2700 helps with similar names. If it is the same person, take them off all Medicaid work and report it. Georgia wants exclusions found among employees reported immediately to its Provider Enrollment section.