State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #30 of 51

Kansas

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

0.60
Rate / 1k physicians
24
Serious actions (3 yr)
13,309
Licensed physicians
#30
Of 51 ranked

The short answer

Kansas ranks #30 of 51 at 0.60 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).

Kansas boards reported 24 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 13,309 licensed physicians (0.60 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 692 federal exclusions tied to Kansas.

State verdict

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Kansas ranks #30 of 51 on RATE at 0.60 per 1,000 (26% below national) and #34 on serious-action VOLUME (24 actions). California leads volume.

0.60
Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
#30
National rate rank of 51
0.74x
Vs national average rate
692
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 KS · Kansas 0.60/1k · #30/51

RATE-LOW · VOL-MID · DUAL-OFFSET · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-KS

  • RATE-LOW Low rate
  • VOL-MID Vol #34
  • DUAL-OFFSET Rate/volume offset
  • CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
  • LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
  • BOARD-KS KS

Nearest rate peer: Iowa (-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 692 Kansas 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 Kansas

IN · lowest0.17NM · near0.58IA · near0.59MN · near0.59KS · this board0.6NV · near0.63OH · highest1.82
Lowest/highest poles plus boards nearest Kansas on serious-action rate. Full ranked ladder: /states.
National (=1.0×)0.7×
Kansas at 0.60/1k = 0.74× the national 0.81/1k baseline (rank #30 of 51).

Kansas LEIE exclusion reasons

1. License Revocation or Sus…2882. Conviction: Program-Relat…2393. Conviction: Patient Abuse…514. Managed Care Default275. Conviction: Healthcare Fr…276. Conviction: Controlled Su…237. Entity Controlled by Sanc…138. Misdemeanor: Healthcare F…99. Exclusion or Debarment by…710. Fraud, Kickbacks, or Pro…4
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for Kansas. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
0.60
serious actions per 1,000 licensed physicians (2021-2023)
Middle third
-26% 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 Kansas 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.

Heavy serious-action volume

Kansas board standing

24 serious actions (2021-2023) put Kansas in the densest third of ranked boards by volume. LEIE extract: 692 federal exclusions tied to Kansas.

Mid-pack rate 0.60/1k across 13,309 physicians with top-third volume (24 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 Kansas

692 individuals and entities in Kansas 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
Scott Taggart Roethle Physician Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Michael Dewayne Jr Ross Healthcare Employee Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-07-20
Bradley Allen Yeater Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-06-18
Jeffrey Lee Edwards Physician Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-05-20
Bradley David Eck Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-01-20
Todd Henry Eck Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-01-20
Gautam Jayaswal Physician Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-01-20
Alan Mitchell Swiss Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-01-20
Deborah A Winter Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-01-20
Marcus Shane Daerr Healthcare Employee Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2025-11-20
Michael David Stockin Physician Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2025-11-20
Gregory Simon Belew Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2025-08-20
Kayla Rankin Healthcare Employee Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2025-08-20
Kenyon Lance Erickson Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2025-07-20
Mary Rose Wilks Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2025-07-20

Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Kansas: 692.

Official medical board record

Official Board
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
(785) 296-7413
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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)

  • Iowa · 0.59/1k · 26 serious actions
  • Minnesota · 0.59/1k · 50 serious actions
  • New Mexico · 0.58/1k · 19 serious actions
  • Nevada · 0.63/1k · 25 serious actions

Similar serious-action volume (± rate)

  • North Dakota · 24 serious actions · 1.39/1k
  • Louisiana · 24 serious actions · 0.43/1k
  • Maine · 23 serious actions · 0.88/1k
  • Nevada · 25 serious actions · 0.63/1k

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