State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #9 of 51
Colorado
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Colorado is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 1.07
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 98
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 30,568
- Licensed physicians
- #9
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Colorado ranks #9 of 51 at 1.07 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Colorado boards reported 98 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 30,568 licensed physicians (1.07 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 1,770 federal exclusions tied to Colorado.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Colorado ranks #9 of 51 on RATE at 1.07 per 1,000 (32% above national) and #11 on serious-action VOLUME (98 actions). California leads volume.
- 1.07
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #9
- National rate rank of 51
- 1.32x
- Vs national average rate
- 1,770
- 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 CO · Colorado 1.07/1k · #9/51
RATE-HIGH · VOL-HIGH · DUAL-ALIGNED · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-CO
- RATE-HIGH High rate
- VOL-HIGH Vol #11
- DUAL-ALIGNED Rate≈volume
- LICENSE-LED License-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-CO CO
Nearest rate peer: West Virginia (-0.04/1k)
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 1,770 Colorado 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 Colorado
Colorado 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 Colorado 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
Colorado in the high-rate third
1.07 serious actions per 1,000 physicians sits in the top third of ranked boards (#9 of 51). LEIE extract: 1,770 federal exclusions tied to Colorado.
Colorado Medical Board posts serious actions at 1.32× the national 0.81/1k baseline . 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 Colorado
1,770 individuals and entities in Colorado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Lynn Assmus | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Robin L Bachicha | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Gabriella Renee Barragan | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Peter Stanley Cichuniec | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-08-20 |
| Nancy N Fitzgerald | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Melinda Marie Stubblefield | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Eric Alexander Swett | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Brittany Rae Walters | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-07-20 |
| Centennial Med Supply LLC | Durable Medical Equipment | Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt) | 2026-07-11 |
| Bonnie Irego Bakkar | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Shane Grae Lemaster | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Robert M Dimmler | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Toni Jon Lucero | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Michael W Quick | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Robert Brent Scott | Physician | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-05-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Colorado: 1,770.
Official medical board record
Colorado Medical Board publishes license and disciplinary orders for Colorado. File complaints via its published channel ((303) 894-7690).
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)
- West Virginia · 1.03/1k · 30 serious actions
- New York · 1.02/1k · 330 serious actions
- Washington · 1.17/1k · 116 serious actions
- Arizona · 0.97/1k · 96 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Arizona · 96 serious actions · 0.97/1k
- Kentucky · 87 serious actions · 1.29/1k
- Alabama · 83 serious actions · 1.34/1k
- North Carolina · 82 serious actions · 0.64/1k
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