State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #32 of 51
Iowa
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Iowa is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.59
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 26
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 14,712
- Licensed physicians
- #32
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Iowa ranks #32 of 51 at 0.59 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Iowa boards reported 26 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 14,712 licensed physicians (0.59 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 1,126 federal exclusions tied to Iowa.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Iowa ranks #32 of 51 on RATE at 0.59 per 1,000 (27% below national) and #30 on serious-action VOLUME (26 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.59
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #32
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.73x
- Vs national average rate
- 1,126
- 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 IA · Iowa 0.59/1k · #32/51
RATE-LOW · VOL-MID · DUAL-ALIGNED · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-IA
- RATE-LOW Low rate
- VOL-MID Vol #30
- DUAL-ALIGNED Rate≈volume
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-IA IA
Nearest rate peer: Minnesota (+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 1,126 Iowa 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 Iowa
Iowa 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 Iowa 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.
Mid-pack board posture
Iowa board standing
0.59/1k across 14,712 licensed physicians (#32 of 51). LEIE extract: 1,126 federal exclusions tied to Iowa.
Mid-pack rate 0.59/1k across 14,712 physicians . 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 Iowa
1,126 individuals and entities in Iowa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamara Michelle Burke | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| James Davin Dickerson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Jessica Lynn Emerson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-08-20 |
| Amanda Renee Stroh | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-08-20 |
| Brian Diaz Fontanez | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Catina Laquica Lander | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Asteria Jackie Montgomery | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-07-20 |
| Marcia Naberhaus | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Miranda Marie Vanover | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-06-18 |
| Renee Marie Ward | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-06-18 |
| Joy Frances Jones | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-05-20 |
| Kristine Lynette Brammer | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-04-20 |
| Amanda Nicole Manatt | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-04-20 |
| Lynn Ann Stephens | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-04-20 |
| Majesta Margret Whitney | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-04-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Iowa: 1,126.
Official medical board record
Iowa Board of Medicine publishes license and disciplinary orders for Iowa. File complaints via its published channel ((515) 281-5171).
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)
- Minnesota · 0.59/1k · 50 serious actions
- New Mexico · 0.58/1k · 19 serious actions
- Kansas · 0.60/1k · 24 serious actions
- South Dakota · 0.57/1k · 11 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Nevada · 25 serious actions · 0.63/1k
- South Carolina · 25 serious actions · 0.34/1k
- North Dakota · 24 serious actions · 1.39/1k
- Louisiana · 24 serious actions · 0.43/1k
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