State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #22 of 51
Mississippi
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Mississippi is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.80
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 31
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 12,881
- Licensed physicians
- #22
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Mississippi ranks #22 of 51 at 0.80 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Mississippi boards reported 31 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 12,881 licensed physicians (0.80 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 2,055 federal exclusions tied to Mississippi.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Mississippi ranks #22 of 51 on RATE at 0.80 per 1,000 (1% below national) and #26 on serious-action VOLUME (31 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.80
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #22
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.99x
- Vs national average rate
- 2,055
- 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 MS · Mississippi 0.80/1k · #22/51
RATE-PAR · VOL-MID · DUAL-OFFSET · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-MS
- RATE-PAR Near par
- VOL-MID Vol #26
- DUAL-OFFSET Rate/volume offset
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-MS MS
Nearest rate peer: Arkansas (+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 2,055 Mississippi 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 Mississippi
Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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
Mississippi board standing
0.80/1k across 12,881 licensed physicians (#22 of 51). LEIE extract: 2,055 federal exclusions tied to Mississippi.
Mid-pack rate 0.80/1k across 12,881 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 Mississippi
2,055 individuals and entities in Mississippi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Hurt | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Carolyn Renae Norwood | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Joshua Pitts | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-08-20 |
| Angelina M Vitello | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-08-20 |
| James Harold Watts | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-08-20 |
| Paul Anthony Williams | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-07-20 |
| P-Cares Medical Supplies, LLC | Durable Medical Equipment | Conviction: Program-Related Crime (Alt) | 2026-06-19 |
| Breonna Banks | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Brittany Champion | Healthcare Employee | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-06-18 |
| Alyssa Easley | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-06-18 |
| Adam Lamar Greer | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Catherine Marie Little | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Otice Spears | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Corean Steward | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-06-18 |
| Evelyn J Thompson | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-06-18 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Mississippi: 2,055.
Official medical board record
Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure publishes license and disciplinary orders for Mississippi. File complaints via its published channel ((601) 987-3079).
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)
- Arkansas · 31 serious actions · 0.82/1k
- West Virginia · 30 serious actions · 1.03/1k
- Georgia · 30 serious actions · 0.24/1k
- Connecticut · 30 serious actions · 0.44/1k
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