No federal mandate. Real penalty exposure anyway.
There's no federal law requiring you to screen monthly — OIG says so itself. What actually creates exposure is the "knew or should have known" standard: employ or contract with someone excluded, and OIG can assess a civil penalty per item or service they touch. Screening monthly, and keeping proof, is what makes "should have known" defensible. Beyond the federal LEIE, most states you bill Medicaid in keep their own exclusion list too — different formats, most with no API. CredGuard is being built to screen all of it automatically and hand you an audit-ready PDF.
No card required. Screening assistance + audit trail — you stay in control of every match.
OIG doesn't require monthly screening by rule — but its own guidance recommends it because it "best minimizes potential overpayment and CMP liability." Medicare Advantage and Part D plan sponsors are required by CMS's Medicare Managed Care Manual to screen monthly — sponsors typically pass that obligation to contracted providers by contract, so if you contract with an MA or Part D plan, check your agreement. LEIE updates every month — so last month's clean check goes stale fast.
Federal LEIE and SAM.gov are the easy part. The real exposure is state Medicaid exclusion lists in most states you bill — every state a different format (PDF, Excel, Word, a search box), most with no API. Screening them all by hand, every month, is a lot to keep up with.
An employee or contractor gets excluded mid-employment and nothing tells you — until an audit does. If you knew or should have known, every claim you billed with them on staff can become an overpayment, with False Claims Act exposure stacked on top.
Civil monetary penalties run up to $25,595 per item or service for employing or contracting with an excluded individual — with an assessment of up to three times the amount claimed, plus exclusion, stacked on top.
Three steps, once you're live. No manual screening. No gaps.
A simple CSV of your staff and vendors. Takes two minutes.
LEIE + SAM.gov + state Medicaid exclusion lists in most states you bill. The matching engine we're building will flag exact and close-name matches; anything uncertain will go to a review queue so a human confirms it — nothing resolved silently.
The day a name hits a list, you'll get an email. Every month, you'll get a clean "all-clear" attestation PDF to hand straight to the auditor, plus an audit log of every check run.
State Medicaid exclusion lists are separate lists that a federal-only check doesn't cover. CredGuard is being built to cover them alongside the federal LEIE and SAM.gov — the difference between "we ran a check" and "we can show exactly which lists we checked, and when."
Screening your whole roster costs far less than the maximum penalty for a single missed exclusion (up to $25,595) — every month. Early-access reservations get founding pricing when we launch.
Included at launch:
Included at launch:
Paste in a single employee or vendor name and we'll check it against the federal LEIE exclusion list right now — no signup. Want that same peace of mind every month, across the state lists too? That's what CredGuard is being built for.
Checks federal LEIE only. Covers individuals and organizations. No signup required.
+ more match(es). Full details will be available with CredGuard.
⚠ This only checks the federal list. Your state's Medicaid exclusion list is separate — a federal-only check like this one doesn't cover it.
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Reserve early access to get founding pricing while reservations are open. We'll notify you when your first screen is ready.
We'll be in touch as soon as CredGuard is ready to screen your first roster. Keep an eye on your inbox.