State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #18 of 51

Florida

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

0.85
Rate / 1k physicians
238
Serious actions (3 yr)
93,686
Licensed physicians
#18
Of 51 ranked

The short answer

Florida ranks #18 of 51 at 0.85 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).

Florida boards reported 238 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 93,686 licensed physicians (0.85 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 9,075 federal exclusions tied to Florida.

State verdict

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Florida ranks #18 of 51 on RATE at 0.85 per 1,000 (5% above national) and #5 on serious-action VOLUME (238 actions). California leads volume.

0.85
Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
#18
National rate rank of 51
1.05x
Vs national average rate
9,075
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 FL · Florida 0.85/1k · #18/51

RATE-PAR · VOL-MEGA · DUAL-SPLIT · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-FL

  • RATE-PAR Near par
  • VOL-MEGA Vol #5
  • DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
  • CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
  • LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
  • BOARD-FL FL

Nearest rate peer: Virginia (+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 9,075 Florida 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 Florida

IN · lowest0.17AR · near0.82FL · this board0.85VA · near0.85TX · near0.86ME · near0.88OH · highest1.82
Lowest/highest poles plus boards nearest Florida on serious-action rate. Full ranked ladder: /states.
National (=1.0×)1.1×
Florida at 0.85/1k = 1.05× the national 0.81/1k baseline (rank #18 of 51).

Florida LEIE exclusion reasons

1. Conviction: Program-Relat…34522. License Revocation or Sus…30453. Conviction: Healthcare Fr…8174. Entity Controlled by Sanc…5065. Conviction: Controlled Su…4676. Conviction: Patient Abuse…3647. Fraud, Kickbacks, or Proh…1508. Managed Care Default1149. Conviction: Program-Relat…7310. Misdemeanor: Healthcare …43
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for Florida. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
0.85
serious actions per 1,000 licensed physicians (2021-2023)
Middle third
+5% 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 Florida 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

Florida board standing

238 serious actions: bottom-third volume among ranked boards. LEIE extract: 9,075 federal exclusions tied to Florida.

Mid-pack rate 0.85/1k across 93,686 physicians but only 238 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 Florida

9,075 individuals and entities in Florida 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
Deja Chantrell Bass Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2026-08-20
Timothy P Besser Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Travis Brandon Bryant Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Luis Manlio Castillo Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Anthony Marquez Coleman Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Chavanna Cornielia Collins Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2026-08-20
Richard Weldon Ii Crowder Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Christian Cruz Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Ajay Kumar Doddapaneni Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Daniel Joseph Donofrio Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Dalton D Erickson Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Steven B Friedenthal Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Rola Rita Habayeb Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Evelyn Beatriz Herrera Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Sandy Lyn Hurlburt Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20

Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Florida: 9,075.

Official medical board record

Official Board
Florida Board of Medicine
(850) 488-0595
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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)

  • Virginia · 0.85/1k · 114 serious actions
  • Texas · 0.86/1k · 247 serious actions
  • Maine · 0.88/1k · 23 serious actions
  • Arkansas · 0.82/1k · 31 serious actions

Similar serious-action volume (± rate)

  • Illinois · 230 serious actions · 1.35/1k
  • Texas · 247 serious actions · 0.86/1k
  • Michigan · 186 serious actions · 1.37/1k
  • Ohio · 290 serious actions · 1.82/1k

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