State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #23 of 51
California
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, California is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.73
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 364
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 167,246
- Licensed physicians
- #23
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
California ranks #23 of 51 at 0.73 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
California boards reported 364 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 167,246 licensed physicians (0.73 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 9,705 federal exclusions tied to California.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, California sits near the national picture at 0.73 per 1,000 physicians (#23 of 51; national average 0.81).
- 0.73
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #23
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.90x
- Vs national average rate
- 9,705
- 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 CA · California 0.73/1k · #23/51
RATE-PAR · VOL-MEGA · DUAL-SPLIT · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-CA
- RATE-PAR Near par
- VOL-MEGA Vol #1
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-CA CA
Nearest rate peer: Maryland (+0.00/1k)
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 9,705 California 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 California
California 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 California 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.
Thin serious-action volume
California board standing
364 serious actions: bottom-third volume among ranked boards. LEIE extract: 9,705 federal exclusions tied to California.
Mid-pack rate 0.73/1k across 167,246 physicians but only 364 serious actions. Public Citizen HRG rates measure board intensity, not care quality.
Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.
Recent federal exclusions in California
9,705 individuals and entities in California 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comfor Care Hospice INC | Other Business | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 2026-08-20 |
| Delicate Care Hospice, INC | Other Business | Exclusion or Debarment by Federal Agency | 2026-08-20 |
| Fritz John Baumgartner | Physician | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-08-20 |
| Penelope Jane Bullock | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Lara Sue Coffman | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Joseph Frank Depiazza | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Anthony Estolero | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Tami Rene Estrada | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Yi Fang | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Robert Michael Hutchman | Physician | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Devin Kealii Jensen | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-08-20 |
| Miranda Christine Kim | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Dean T Laroski | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Sheila Ann Lemelle | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Stanley Gordon Poulos | Physician | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in California: 9,705.
Official medical board record
Medical Board of California publishes license and disciplinary orders for California. File complaints via its published channel ((800) 633-2322).
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)
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