State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #43 of 51

District of Columbia

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, District of Columbia is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.

0.41
Rate / 1k physicians
16
Serious actions (3 yr)
12,986
Licensed physicians
#43
Of 51 ranked

The short answer

District of Columbia ranks #43 of 51 at 0.41 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).

District of Columbia boards reported 16 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 12,986 licensed physicians (0.41 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 95 federal exclusions tied to District of Columbia.

State verdict

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, District of Columbia ranks #43 of 51 on RATE at 0.41 per 1,000 (49% below national) and #40 on serious-action VOLUME (16 actions). California leads volume.

0.41
Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
#43
National rate rank of 51
0.51x
Vs national average rate
95
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 DC · District of Columbia 0.41/1k · #43/51

RATE-TRACE · VOL-TRACE · DUAL-OFFSET · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-SPARSE · BOARD-DC

  • RATE-TRACE Trace rate
  • VOL-TRACE Vol #40
  • DUAL-OFFSET Rate/volume offset
  • CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
  • LEIE-SPARSE Sparse LEIE
  • BOARD-DC DC

Nearest rate peer: Idaho (+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 95 District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia

IN · lowest0.17UT · near0.39DC · this board0.41ID · near0.42LA · near0.43NH · near0.43OH · highest1.82
Lowest/highest poles plus boards nearest District of Columbia on serious-action rate. Full ranked ladder: /states.
National (=1.0×)0.5×
District of Columbia at 0.41/1k = 0.51× the national 0.81/1k baseline (rank #43 of 51).

District of Columbia LEIE exclusion reasons

1. Conviction: Program-Relat…302. Conviction: Patient Abuse…243. License Revocation or Sus…174. Managed Care Default155. Conviction: Healthcare Fr…46. Fraud, Kickbacks, or Proh…27. Entity Controlled by Sanc…28. Failure to Provide Items …1
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for District of Columbia. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
0.41
serious actions per 1,000 licensed physicians (2021-2023)
Lower-rate third
-49% vs national avg
Public Record Notice: This data is sourced from state medical board public records via Public Citizen Health Research Group and FSMB. Disciplinary data reflects aggregate statistics and does not include individual physician information. Always verify current license status directly with the state medical board before making healthcare decisions.

Source: HHS Office of Inspector General, List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) + Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Physician Discipline data District of Columbia 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.

Lower-rate enforcement band

District of Columbia in the lower-rate third

0.41/1k sits in the bottom third of ranked boards (#43 of 51). LEIE extract: 95 federal exclusions tied to District of Columbia.

Rate sits 49% below the national baseline . Complaint volume, confidential remediation, and board rules can all depress published rates.

Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.

Recent federal exclusions in District of Columbia

95 individuals and entities in District of Columbia 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
Bridgette L White-Chase Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Purdue Pharma, L P Other Business Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-07-20
Tiffney Traynean Battle Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2026-06-18
Danielle Marquita Baltimore Healthcare Employee Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2025-11-20
Oluwatobi Alabi Yerokun Physician Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2024-02-20
Matthew Edward Blair Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2023-04-20
Craven Randall Casper Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2023-01-19
Duane Merle Stillions Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2022-09-20
Bilal Ahmed Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2018-04-19
William Albright Iii Burch Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2016-05-19
Michael Raphael Castillo Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2015-04-20
Sherifat Kofo Yusuff Healthcare Employee Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2015-03-19
Ivy Fauntroy Healthcare Employee Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2015-02-19
Adoshia L Flythe Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2015-02-19
Larren Wade Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2013-08-20

Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in District of Columbia: 95.

Official medical board record

Official Board
DC Board of Medicine
(202) 724-8800
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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)

  • Idaho · 0.42/1k · 12 serious actions
  • Utah · 0.39/1k · 17 serious actions
  • Louisiana · 0.43/1k · 24 serious actions
  • New Hampshire · 0.43/1k · 12 serious actions

Similar serious-action volume (± rate)

  • Indiana · 16 serious actions · 0.17/1k
  • Alaska · 15 serious actions · 0.90/1k
  • Wyoming · 17 serious actions · 0.95/1k
  • Nebraska · 15 serious actions · 0.44/1k

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.

Source set
Public Citizen · FSMB · HHS OIG
Data status
Current as of August 2026
Correction context
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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