State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #35 of 51
Montana
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Montana is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.53
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 13
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 8,094
- Licensed physicians
- #35
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Montana ranks #35 of 51 at 0.53 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Montana boards reported 13 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 8,094 licensed physicians (0.53 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 259 federal exclusions tied to Montana.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Montana ranks #35 of 51 on RATE at 0.53 per 1,000 (35% below national) and #44 on serious-action VOLUME (13 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.53
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #35
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.65x
- Vs national average rate
- 259
- 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 MT · Montana 0.53/1k · #35/51
RATE-LOW · VOL-TRACE · DUAL-SPLIT · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-MID · BOARD-MT
- RATE-LOW Low rate
- VOL-TRACE Vol #44
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-MID Mid LEIE
- BOARD-MT MT
Nearest rate peer: South Dakota (+0.04/1k)
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 259 Montana 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 Montana
Montana 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 Montana 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.
Heavy serious-action volume
Montana board standing
13 serious actions (2021-2023) put Montana in the densest third of ranked boards by volume. LEIE extract: 259 federal exclusions tied to Montana.
Mid-pack rate 0.53/1k across 8,094 physicians with top-third volume (13 actions). 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 Montana
259 individuals and entities in Montana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Louis Sr Brockie | EMPLOYEE - WAGE GRAD | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-08-20 |
| Debra Sue Burns | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Jennifer Jean Schulze | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Ronald Emmanuel Walter Barker | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-07-20 |
| Bernadette Marie Reynolds | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Ariel Marie Ankenbrock-Crary | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-12-18 |
| Alexandria Calah Saunders | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-08-20 |
| Donna Rae Lamere | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2025-07-20 |
| Angela Dawn Hall | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-06-19 |
| Alissa Claire Atcheson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-05-20 |
| Kyra Smith | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-05-20 |
| Braxton Alan Norwood | NIH | Misdemeanor: Controlled Substance | 2025-04-20 |
| Donna Lynn Peterson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-04-20 |
| Julie Ann Kiewatt | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-03-20 |
| Audrianna Marie Dupuis | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-02-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Montana: 259.
Official medical board record
Montana Board of Medical Examiners publishes license and disciplinary orders for Montana. File complaints via its published channel ((406) 841-2300).
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)
- South Dakota · 0.57/1k · 11 serious actions
- Massachusetts · 0.49/1k · 57 serious actions
- New Mexico · 0.58/1k · 19 serious actions
- Rhode Island · 0.48/1k · 9 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Hawaii · 12 serious actions · 0.36/1k
- Idaho · 12 serious actions · 0.42/1k
- New Hampshire · 12 serious actions · 0.43/1k
- Alaska · 15 serious actions · 0.90/1k
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