OIG Enforcement Actions: Provider Self-Disclosure and CIA Event Settlements · July 9, 2026 · Primary source
Essilor of America and Essilor Laboratories of America Agreed to Pay $10,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing Excluded Individuals
Summary
Essilor of America, Inc. and Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc. entered into a $10,307.25 settlement with OIG on July 9, 2026, resolving allegations that the companies employed two individuals they knew or should have known were excluded from participation in federal health care programs. The self-disclosure was made pursuant to the companies' Corporate Integrity Agreement. The action demonstrates OIG's use of CIA reportable-event requirements to capture exclusion-screening violations outside the traditional provider context.
What this may mean
The settlement imposes CMP liability on optical lens entities under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law for employing two excluded individuals, with the amount reflecting OIG's standard single-damages methodology. Because the conduct was identified and disclosed through a CIA, the action reinforces that CIA-monitored companies in any healthcare-adjacent sector face direct financial exposure for exclusion-screening failures. The relatively small settlement amount does not eliminate the reputational and CIA-compliance consequences of the underlying violation.
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