State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #36 of 51
Massachusetts
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Massachusetts is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.49
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 57
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 38,566
- Licensed physicians
- #36
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Massachusetts ranks #36 of 51 at 0.49 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Massachusetts boards reported 57 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 38,566 licensed physicians (0.49 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 1,715 federal exclusions tied to Massachusetts.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Massachusetts ranks #36 of 51 on RATE at 0.49 per 1,000 (40% below national) and #20 on serious-action VOLUME (57 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.49
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #36
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.60x
- Vs national average rate
- 1,715
- 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 MA · Massachusetts 0.49/1k · #36/51
RATE-LOW · VOL-HIGH · DUAL-SPLIT · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-MA
- RATE-LOW Low rate
- VOL-HIGH Vol #20
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- LICENSE-LED License-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-MA MA
Nearest rate peer: Rhode Island (-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 1,715 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts
Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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
Massachusetts in the lower-rate third
0.49/1k sits in the bottom third of ranked boards (#36 of 51). LEIE extract: 1,715 federal exclusions tied to Massachusetts.
Rate sits 40% 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 Massachusetts
1,715 individuals and entities in Massachusetts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David K Fuhrmann | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Cynthia L Beck | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-07-20 |
| Jasmin Q Bryan | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Ariana Amalia Foley | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-07-20 |
| Sean Falzarano | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-06-18 |
| Shawn Tyson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Ramon Apellaniz | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Hasan Duymazlar | Physician | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Dominique Emmanuel | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Laureen J Guarente | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Niranjan Kumar Mittal | Physician | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-05-20 |
| Kyisha Maria Vargas-Aaron | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Robert L Iii Evans | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-04-20 |
| Richard Vincent Miron | Physician | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-04-20 |
| Chelsea Megan Doyle | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-03-19 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Massachusetts: 1,715.
Official medical board record
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine publishes license and disciplinary orders for Massachusetts. File complaints via its published channel ((781) 876-8200).
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)
- Rhode Island · 0.48/1k · 9 serious actions
- Montana · 0.53/1k · 13 serious actions
- Nebraska · 0.44/1k · 15 serious actions
- Connecticut · 0.44/1k · 30 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Pennsylvania · 60 serious actions · 0.30/1k
- Tennessee · 61 serious actions · 0.72/1k
- Oregon · 51 serious actions · 0.91/1k
- New Jersey · 51 serious actions · 0.37/1k
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