Analyzing the DNA synthesis consortium's excluded individuals list

[Bryan Bishop]

So...

http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/fbi-diybio-2012/howard-simon-dna20.txt

Howard mentioned something about a public list of people excluded from
ordering DNA from the ICSB companies. I wonder if any of us are on
this list? So, I have parsed this HHS file somewhat.

http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/irc/diybio/leie.csv
http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/irc/diybio/leie.py

Here are the banned businesses:
http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/irc/diybio/businesses.txt

Here are individuals with "no affiliations":
http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/irc/diybio/no-affiliations.txt

Some other stats:

Number of individuals: 49262
Number of businesses: 2792

Exclusion Types (histogram)

1128Aa: 94
BRCH CIA: 1
1128b14: 2302
1128b15: 35
1128b12: 1
1128b11: 6
1160: 8
1156: 58
BRCH SA: 1
1128a1: 12195
1128a3: 2448
1128a2: 5355
1128b8: 1
1128a4: 1986
1128b4: 23024
1128b5: 454
1128b6: 58
1128b7: 357
1128b1: 560
1128b2: 37
1128b3: 281

Specialties:

PODIATRY: 474
RHEUMATOLOGY: 3
ONCOLOGY: 16
DME - HEARING AID: 17
LOAN RECIPIENT: 1
MENTAL HEALTH FAC: 8
LAWYER: 11
NURSE/NURSES AIDE: 23765
EMPLOYEE - COMM OFFI: 1
PRIVATE CITIZEN: 1
OPTICIAN: 42
CHIROPRACTIC: 1832
PHYSICAL THERAPY: 10
SUBCONTRACTOR: 2
LOCAL GOV'T: 3
EMPLOYEE: 1984
BILLING SERVICE CO: 8
UNEMPLOYED: 2
OFFICER/EXECUT/BOARD: 105
PAIN MANAGEMENT: 4
EMERGENCY MED TECH: 92
CONTRACTING OFFICER: 1
ACCOUNT/BOOKKPR/AUDI: 183
INTERNAL MEDICINE: 419
DME - PROSTHETICS: 17
PAIN MGMT/PHYSIATRIS: 6
NURSING FIRM: 1
NEPHROLOGY: 12
DENTIST: 1308
GYN/OBS: 181
MD/DO PRACTICE: 7
OTHER CONTRACTOR: 1
GASTROENTEROLOGY: 9
CARDIOLOGY: 31
HEALTH CARE AIDE: 2148
ARCHITECT/ENGINEER: 1
INFUSION THERAPY CLI: 18
DME - TENS: 1
PLASTIC SURGERY: 26
PSYCHOLOGIC PRACTICE: 8
SECUR OFFICER/GUARD: 2
OPTOMETRY: 100
DME - GENERAL: 240
CONTRACTOR: 11
OPHTHALMOLOGY: 56
ACUPUNCTURIST: 6
COMMUNITY HLTH CTR (: 1
REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE: 15
PEDIATRICS: 84
EMPLOYEE - 14 & BELO: 5
EMERGENCY MEDICINE: 47
COUNSELING CENTER: 9
SALES/MARKET/RETAIL: 243
REHAB FACILITY - GEN: 9
GS 1-12: 1
STATE GOV'T: 13
VENDOR: 1
GERONTOLOGY: 1
COMM MNTL HLTH CNTR: 6
PSYCHOLOGY: 480
DENTAL PRACTICE: 3
FAMILY PRACTICE: 339
CHIROPRACTIC PRACT: 1
AMBULANCE COMPANY: 5
ENDOCRINOLOGY: 9
DERMATOLOGY: 22
RECIPT/BENEFICIARY: 40
GENERAL PRACTICE: 537
TEACHER: 1
LABORER: 4
ACF: 1
ADULT HOME: 16
COMPUTER RELATED: 1
ANESTHESIOLOGY: 120
PARAMEDIC TECHNICIAN: 48
TECHNICIAN: 1062
GOV'T INSUR RECIPIEN: 1
ADMINISTRATOR: 204
DME - UROLOGICAL SUP: 11
OWNER/OPERATOR: 3490
GENERAL PRACTICE/FP: 2062
DENTAL HYGIENIST: 7
EMPLOYEE - WAGE GRAD: 1
HOSPITAL: 10
RELATED: 147
DME - POWER VEHICLES: 14
RADIOLOGY FACILITY: 1
PHARMACIST: 1345
NO KNOWN AFFILIATION: 246
RADIOLOGY: 45
UROLOGY: 23
DME - ORTHOTICS: 20
SOCIAL WORKER: 305
HEMATOLOGY: 1
ORTHOPEDICS: 39
OTHERS: 4
PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTAN: 13
COUNSELOR: 417
DME - OXYGEN: 10
PHYS/DENT/HEAL/PROVI: 4
BUSINESS MANAGER: 609
ALLIED HEALTH RELATE: 16
CLERK/OTHER CLERICAL: 114
PULMONOLOGY: 31
ASSISTED LIVING FACI: 1
CONSULTANT: 13
AUDIOLOGY: 3
NEUROLOGY: 62
OWNER: 17
PHLEBOTOMY: 4
COMPTROLLER: 18
GRANTEE: 1
DME - DIABETIC SUPPL: 1
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY: 35
ANESTHETIST: 3
PUBLIC ASSIST. RCPT.: 1
LABORATORY: 2
SKILLED NURSING FAC: 28
LAB - CLINICAL: 6
INFECTIOUS DISEASE: 1
RSRCH SCNTST-EMPLYEE: 1
DRUG COMPANY/SUPLIER: 2
THERAPIST: 40
MANAGEMENT SVCS CO: 4
PSYCHIATRY: 360
SURGERY: 400
ALLERGIST/IMMUNOLOGY: 8
INSURANCE COMPANY: 1
HOME HEALTH AGENCY: 53
CLINIC: 58
DME - INCONTINENCE K: 7
PERSONAL CARE PROVID: 19
LICENSED PRACTITIONE: 35
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN: 49
OSTEOPATHY: 420
PHARMACY: 8
PHYS THERAPY PROVIDE: 9
INTER CARE FACILITY: 14
TRANSPORTATION CO: 12
DME - DIETARY SUPPLI: 1
PATHOLOGY: 25
SUPERVISOR/FOREMAN: 3

So far I haven't seen anyone I know, but I'll do a more thorough check later.

- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/
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[Cory Tobin]

I googled a few people from the the list to see if there was a pattern
in the "Exclusion Type". Just looking at the two most popular
exclusion groups (1128b4 and 1128a1)...

1128b4 are people who had some sort of medical license revoked.
1128a1 are people with a "program-related conviction," whatever that
means. Looks like maybe they did some sort of medicare/insurance
fraud or something.

Interesting to see that "bioterrorist" Steve Kurtz is still allowed to
order primers :P


-cory

[Ashley Heath]

OMG, is this a joke? I guess not. Apparently some folks out there don't have anything better to do with their time than to construct lists like this.

[Jeswin]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Ashley Heath <ovici...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OMG, is this a joke? I guess not. Apparently some folks out there don't have
> anything better to do with their time than to construct lists like this.
>

What's wrong with it? It's not like he went over the data by hand and
painstakingly compiled the list. Maybe there was a pattern in it, like
Cory thought. Maybe not.

[Mackenzie Cowell]

What is the original source of the list (URL)?

I read your transcript of his speech.  Was he sympathetic to citizen-science customers?   Was it clear how we, as a community, could participate in the regulatory meetings in a more consistent way?

Do we have plans to get someone to the next meeting?

Tomas, how did you end up being the spokesman for the first meeting - did they reach out to you because you were nearby?  Had you previously worked on this topic?

Thanks

Mac

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[Bryan Bishop]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Mackenzie Cowell wrote:
> What is the original source of the list (URL)?

The LEIE list is from here:

http://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/exclusions_list.asp

An EXE download? Hilarious. No thanks.

However, I am not sure if Howard is correct that this is the list that
DNA 2.0 is using or not. Maybe there's another public list that he was
referring to?

> I read your transcript of his speech.  Was he sympathetic to citizen-science
> customers?   Was it clear how we, as a community, could participate in the
> regulatory meetings in a more consistent way?

The rest of the conversation was put into Max Hodack's file (including
Q&A with Howard; it was sort of all over the place):

http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/fbi-diybio-2012/max-hodack-gene-synthesis.txt

Howard seems to not care whether his customers are professionals or
not, as long as the sequence isn't a controlled substance or otherwise
off limits from some ncbi database.

> Do we have plans to get someone to the next meeting?

I don't know which meeting he was referring to. ICSB? ICSBNMG? ICGSB?
Something like that..

BTW, what the heck is up with that entry that says something like "BRCH CIA" ??

[Cory Tobin]

> BTW, what the heck is up with that entry that says something like "BRCH CIA" ??

I punched the guy's name in here:
http://excluded-healthcare-providers.findthedata.org/l/34523/Barry-Odegaard
and it looks like BRCH CIA stands for "Breach of Corporate Integrity
Agreement".

-cory