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

IN · lowest0.17MS · this board0.8AR · near0.82FL · near0.85VA · near0.85TX · near0.86OH · highest1.82
Lowest/highest poles plus boards nearest Mississippi on serious-action rate. Full ranked ladder: /states.
National (=1.0×)1×
Mississippi at 0.80/1k = 0.99× the national 0.81/1k baseline (rank #22 of 51).

Mississippi LEIE exclusion reasons

1. Conviction: Patient Abuse…7772. License Revocation or Sus…7433. Conviction: Program-Relat…2904. Conviction: Healthcare Fr…1555. Conviction: Controlled Su…326. Misdemeanor: Healthcare F…307. Entity Controlled by Sanc…128. Managed Care Default69. Fraud, Kickbacks, or Proh…410. Exclusion or Debarment b…2
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for Mississippi. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
0.80
serious actions per 1,000 licensed physicians (2021-2023)
Middle third
-1% 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 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

Official Board
Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
(601) 987-3079
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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)

  • Arkansas · 0.82/1k · 31 serious actions
  • Florida · 0.85/1k · 238 serious actions
  • Virginia · 0.85/1k · 114 serious actions
  • Texas · 0.86/1k · 247 serious actions

Similar serious-action volume (± rate)

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