State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #50 of 51

Georgia

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

0.24
Rate / 1k physicians
30
Serious actions (3 yr)
41,659
Licensed physicians
#50
Of 51 ranked

The short answer

Georgia ranks #50 of 51 at 0.24 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).

Georgia boards reported 30 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 41,659 licensed physicians (0.24 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 1,304 federal exclusions tied to Georgia.

State verdict

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Georgia ranks #50 of 51 on RATE at 0.24 per 1,000 (70% below national) and #29 on serious-action VOLUME (30 actions). California leads volume.

0.24
Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
#50
National rate rank of 51
0.30x
Vs national average rate
1,304
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 GA · Georgia 0.24/1k · #50/51

RATE-TRACE · VOL-MID · DUAL-SPLIT · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-MID · BOARD-GA

  • RATE-TRACE Trace rate
  • VOL-MID Vol #29
  • DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
  • CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
  • LEIE-MID Mid LEIE
  • BOARD-GA GA

Nearest rate peer: Pennsylvania (+0.06/1k)

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 1,304 Georgia 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 Georgia

IN · lowest0.17GA · this board0.24PA · near0.3DE · near0.31SC · near0.34OH · highest1.82
Lowest/highest poles plus boards nearest Georgia on serious-action rate. Full ranked ladder: /states.
0×3×National (=1.0×)1×0.3×
Georgia at 0.24/1k = 0.30× the national 0.81/1k baseline (rank #50 of 51).

Georgia LEIE exclusion reasons

1. Conviction: Program-Relat…6472. License Revocation or Sus…2253. Managed Care Default1094. Conviction: Healthcare Fr…755. Entity Controlled by Sanc…706. Conviction: Patient Abuse…587. Conviction: Controlled Su…538. Fraud, Kickbacks, or Proh…189. Conviction: Program-Relat…1210. Misdemeanor: Healthcare …10
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for Georgia. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.

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0.24
serious actions per 1,000 licensed physicians (2021-2023)
Lower-rate third
-70% 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 Georgia 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

Georgia in the lower-rate third

0.24/1k sits in the bottom third of ranked boards (#50 of 51). LEIE extract: 1,304 federal exclusions tied to Georgia.

Rate sits 70% 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 Georgia

1,304 individuals and entities in Georgia 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
Charles Edward Ii Chandler Physician Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Kriscita Kay Coates Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Tiffany Alexander Fields Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2026-08-20
Meu Kim Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Marvin Smith Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Joeneisha B Bell Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-07-20
Durwin Nuvelle Logan Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2026-07-20
Lunise Jean Vernet Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-07-20
Main Street Dme, INC Durable Medical Equipment Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt) 2026-06-28
Lona Demetria Bibbs-Walker Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Melissa Davy Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Peter Daniel Grossman Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Farid Moghaddam Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-06-18
Stephanie Anita Parker Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Erik Anthony Santos Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-06-18

Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Georgia: 1,304.

Official medical board record

Official Board
Georgia Composite Medical Board
(404) 656-3913
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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.

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Similar serious-action volume (± rate)

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