State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #5 of 51
Illinois
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Illinois is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 1.35
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 230
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 56,875
- Licensed physicians
- #5
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Illinois ranks #5 of 51 at 1.35 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Illinois boards reported 230 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 56,875 licensed physicians (1.35 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 2,392 federal exclusions tied to Illinois.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Illinois ranks #5 of 51 on RATE at 1.35 per 1,000 (67% above national) and #6 on serious-action VOLUME (230 actions). California leads volume.
- 1.35
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #5
- National rate rank of 51
- 1.67x
- Vs national average rate
- 2,392
- 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 IL · Illinois 1.35/1k · #5/51
RATE-ELITE · VOL-MEGA · DUAL-ALIGNED · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-IL
- RATE-ELITE Elite rate
- VOL-MEGA Vol #6
- DUAL-ALIGNED Rate≈volume
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-IL IL
Nearest rate peer: Alabama (-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 2,392 Illinois 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 Illinois
Illinois 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 Illinois 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
Illinois in the high-rate third
1.35 serious actions per 1,000 physicians sits in the top third of ranked boards (#5 of 51). LEIE extract: 2,392 federal exclusions tied to Illinois.
Illinois Dept. of Financial and Professional Regulation - Medicine posts serious actions at 1.67× 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 Illinois
2,392 individuals and entities in Illinois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markita Barnes | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Sarah R Baumgartner | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-08-20 |
| Ryan Paul Etscheid | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-08-20 |
| Jamesha N Bryant | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Shaquita Wallace | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Jessica Lynn Walton | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Whaba Medical, INC | Durable Medical Equipment | Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt) | 2026-06-22 |
| Cynthia L Carter | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Teresa Marie Johnson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-06-18 |
| Christine L Reese | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Daniel Tieman | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Clarence W Iii Brown | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-05-20 |
| David Dent | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Kevin Dill | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Felicia Jones | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Illinois: 2,392.
Official medical board record
Illinois Dept. of Financial and Professional Regulation - Medicine publishes license and disciplinary orders for Illinois. File complaints via its published channel ((312) 814-4500).
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)
- Alabama · 1.34/1k · 83 serious actions
- Michigan · 1.37/1k · 186 serious actions
- North Dakota · 1.39/1k · 24 serious actions
- Kentucky · 1.29/1k · 87 serious actions
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