State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #16 of 51
Maine
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Maine is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.88
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 23
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 8,680
- Licensed physicians
- #16
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Maine ranks #16 of 51 at 0.88 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Maine boards reported 23 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 8,680 licensed physicians (0.88 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 632 federal exclusions tied to Maine.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Maine ranks #16 of 51 on RATE at 0.88 per 1,000 (9% above national) and #36 on serious-action VOLUME (23 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.88
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #16
- National rate rank of 51
- 1.09x
- Vs national average rate
- 632
- 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 ME · Maine 0.88/1k · #16/51
RATE-PAR · VOL-TRACE · DUAL-SPLIT · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-ME
- RATE-PAR Near par
- VOL-TRACE Vol #36
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- LICENSE-LED License-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-ME ME
Nearest rate peer: Alaska (+0.02/1k)
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 632 Maine 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 Maine
Maine 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 Maine 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
Maine in the high-rate third
0.88 serious actions per 1,000 physicians sits in the top third of ranked boards (#16 of 51). LEIE extract: 632 federal exclusions tied to Maine.
Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine posts serious actions at 1.09× the national 0.81/1k baseline with heavy volume (23 actions). 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 Maine
632 individuals and entities in Maine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Marie Cornwall | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Elyse Aimee Goodwin | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-04-20 |
| Molly Ann Barnes | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-01-20 |
| Patrick Edward Butcher | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-01-20 |
| John Cannon Malcolm | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-01-20 |
| Bethany Jo Giberson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-12-18 |
| Amanda Elizabeth Douglass | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-11-20 |
| Merideth Catherine Norris | Physician | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2025-08-20 |
| Sharon Morse West | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-07-20 |
| Theresa Louise York | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2025-06-19 |
| Zachery Edward Conners | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2025-05-20 |
| Alyson Leigh Heald | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-05-20 |
| Eric Antonio Thompson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-05-20 |
| Vanessa Anne Leavitt | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-04-20 |
| Vincent P Barden | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2025-03-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Maine: 632.
Official medical board record
Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine publishes license and disciplinary orders for Maine. File complaints via its published channel ((207) 287-3601).
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)
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- North Dakota · 24 serious actions · 1.39/1k
- Louisiana · 24 serious actions · 0.43/1k
- Kansas · 24 serious actions · 0.60/1k
- 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