State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #15 of 51
Alaska
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Alaska is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.90
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 15
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 5,540
- Licensed physicians
- #15
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Alaska ranks #15 of 51 at 0.90 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Alaska boards reported 15 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 5,540 licensed physicians (0.90 per 1,000; national average 0.81). Public Citizen HRG rates measure enforcement intensity, not misconduct prevalence. The live HHS OIG LEIE extract currently lists 275 federal exclusions tied to Alaska.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Alaska ranks #15 of 51 on RATE at 0.90 per 1,000 (11% above national) and #42 on serious-action VOLUME (15 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.90
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #15
- National rate rank of 51
- 1.11x
- Vs national average rate
- 275
- Federal LEIE exclusions in-state
Rates are annual averages of serious public board actions (2021-2023) over licensed physicians; LEIE exclusions are the live federal extract as of August 2026. Higher rates describe board enforcement intensity, not prevalence of misconduct.
Board docket plate
Board AK · Alaska 0.90/1k · #15/51
RATE-HIGH · VOL-TRACE · DUAL-SPLIT · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-AK
- RATE-HIGH High rate
- VOL-TRACE Vol #42
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-AK AK
Nearest rate peer: Oregon (+0.01/1k)
Instrument codes from this board’s Public Citizen HRG rate, serious-action volume dual, LEIE authority family, federal-exclusion density, and jurisdiction code - not a physician-quality grade.
How 275 Alaska LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of HHS OIG LEIE statutory headings for this state, not the raw top-N category ChartBar below.
Rate neighbourhood around Alaska
Alaska LEIE exclusion reasons
Source: HHS Office of Inspector General, List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) + Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Physician Discipline data Alaska physician disciplinary actions (2021-2023) + active OIG LEIE exclusions · 2024 OIG LEIE updated monthly; FSMB Physician Data Center publishes the consolidated state board action data. Disciplinary action rates normalize against active physician licensee counts at the state level.
High-rate enforcement band
Alaska in the high-rate third
0.90 serious actions per 1,000 physicians sits in the top third of ranked boards (#15 of 51). LEIE extract: 275 federal exclusions tied to Alaska.
Alaska State Medical Board posts serious actions at 1.11× the national 0.81/1k baseline with heavy volume (15 actions). Higher rates describe enforcement intensity, not misconduct prevalence.
Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.
Recent federal exclusions in Alaska
275 individuals and entities in Alaska are currently excluded from Medicare, Medicaid, and all federal healthcare programs by the HHS Office of Inspector General. Category totals sit in the ChartBar above; this table is the live row sample.
| Name | Category | Exclusion Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Advocacy, LLC | STATE GOV'T | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Bridgett Ann Louise Hites | STATE GOV'T | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Daniel Tan Tan | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-07-20 |
| 3707 Oregon LLC | Other Business | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Jeffrey Scott Hiett | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Kris Rhodes Kile | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-06-18 |
| Justice Carl Sollenberg Burton | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-04-20 |
| Melissa Ann Dobbs | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-04-20 |
| Teresa Lynn D'Unicorn | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-03-19 |
| Abdoulie Lowe | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-07-20 |
| Alaska Medical Group Managemen | Other Business | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-06-19 |
| R Lynn Carlson, MD, PC | GENERAL PRACTICE | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-06-19 |
| Clay Duncan Crossett | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-06-19 |
| Kevin Leigh Gottlieb | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-06-19 |
| Thomas James Kovaleski | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-06-19 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Alaska: 275.
Official medical board record
Alaska State Medical Board publishes license and disciplinary orders for Alaska. File complaints via its published channel ((907) 465-2541).
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide states with similar board discipline profiles
Cross-state peers matched on Public Citizen serious-action rate and volume, not the sequential rank browse.
Similar serious-action rate (per 1,000 physicians)
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Nebraska · 15 serious actions · 0.44/1k
- Indiana · 16 serious actions · 0.17/1k
- District of Columbia · 16 serious actions · 0.41/1k
- Wyoming · 17 serious actions · 0.95/1k
Data currency: Physician disciplinary actions compiled from Federation of State Medical Boards records, reflecting data through 2023, last refreshed May 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.
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According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and the HHS Office of Inspector General, serious board-action rates and federal exclusions are published in fixed reporting windows. Every figure on PlainDiscipline is rebuilt from those Public Citizen / FSMB board-rate tables and the OIG LEIE extract; no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on public regulatory source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. Data current as of August 2026.
Board rates and LEIE exclusions are published regulatory counts for a fixed reporting window - not physician-quality rankings, medical advice, licensing recommendations, or real-time board-case status. Data changelog