# Compliance signal

**Compliance signal:** A compliance signal is a dental transition signal drawn from matches on federal exclusion and sanction lists and from public breach disclosures.

A compliance signal is a dental transition signal drawn from matches on federal exclusion and sanction lists and from public breach disclosures.

The main federal source is the HHS Office of Inspector General’s exclusion list, with public breach disclosures as the second input. DDSIntel reports compliance activity only as aggregate counts and never names an affected practice.

Source: DDSIntel glossary, https://ddsintel.com/glossary/compliance-signal

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