State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #40 of 51
Louisiana
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Louisiana is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.43
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 24
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 18,406
- Licensed physicians
- #40
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Louisiana ranks #40 of 51 at 0.43 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Louisiana boards reported 24 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 18,406 licensed physicians (0.43 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 1,952 federal exclusions tied to Louisiana.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Louisiana ranks #40 of 51 on RATE at 0.43 per 1,000 (47% below national) and #35 on serious-action VOLUME (24 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.43
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #40
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.53x
- Vs national average rate
- 1,952
- 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 LA · Louisiana 0.43/1k · #40/51
RATE-TRACE · VOL-MID · DUAL-OFFSET · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-LA
- RATE-TRACE Trace rate
- VOL-MID Vol #35
- DUAL-OFFSET Rate/volume offset
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-LA LA
Nearest rate peer: New Hampshire (+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 1,952 Louisiana 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 Louisiana
Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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
Louisiana in the lower-rate third
0.43/1k sits in the bottom third of ranked boards (#40 of 51). LEIE extract: 1,952 federal exclusions tied to Louisiana.
Rate sits 47% 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 Louisiana
1,952 individuals and entities in Louisiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Carlos Cardella | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Victor Jose Escalante Zerpa | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-08-20 |
| Orlando Omar Garcia-Moya | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Patrick Dewayne Jackson | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-08-20 |
| Richard Hunter Dalby | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-07-20 |
| Lazaro Delgado | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Dennis Michael Peyroux | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Marion Iii Prudhomme | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Marcus Tyran Sanders | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-07-20 |
| Robert L Jr Tassin | Physician | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Angelina Rita Williams | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Ladaisha Teajanae Freeman | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-06-18 |
| Kent Lyons | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-06-18 |
| George M Iii Fluitt | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Brandie Christine Hayes | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Louisiana: 1,952.
Official medical board record
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners publishes license and disciplinary orders for Louisiana. File complaints via its published channel ((504) 568-6820).
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)
- New Hampshire · 0.43/1k · 12 serious actions
- Idaho · 0.42/1k · 12 serious actions
- Nebraska · 0.44/1k · 15 serious actions
- Connecticut · 0.44/1k · 30 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- North Dakota · 24 serious actions · 1.39/1k
- Kansas · 24 serious actions · 0.60/1k
- 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.
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