State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #33 of 51
New Mexico
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, New Mexico is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.58
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 19
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 10,927
- Licensed physicians
- #33
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
New Mexico ranks #33 of 51 at 0.58 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
New Mexico boards reported 19 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 10,927 licensed physicians (0.58 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 305 federal exclusions tied to New Mexico.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, New Mexico ranks #33 of 51 on RATE at 0.58 per 1,000 (28% below national) and #37 on serious-action VOLUME (19 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.58
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #33
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.72x
- Vs national average rate
- 305
- 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 NM · New Mexico 0.58/1k · #33/51
RATE-LOW · VOL-TRACE · DUAL-OFFSET · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-MID · BOARD-NM
- RATE-LOW Low rate
- VOL-TRACE Vol #37
- DUAL-OFFSET Rate/volume offset
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-MID Mid LEIE
- BOARD-NM NM
Nearest rate peer: Iowa (+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 305 New Mexico 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 New Mexico
New Mexico 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 New Mexico 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
New Mexico board standing
19 serious actions (2021-2023) put New Mexico in the densest third of ranked boards by volume. LEIE extract: 305 federal exclusions tied to New Mexico.
Mid-pack rate 0.58/1k across 10,927 physicians with top-third volume (19 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 New Mexico
305 individuals and entities in New Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Wayne Miltenberger | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Brittney Nicole Primmer | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Kira Seline Quinn | Physician | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Richard Dellmore Gadomski | Physician | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-07-20 |
| April Guadalupe Hernandez | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Morgan Edward Ortiz | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Michael Mehra Taba | Physician | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-07-20 |
| Mark Chavez | Physician | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-06-18 |
| Jared Michael Cordum | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-05-20 |
| Joseph Anthony Marlow Fleming | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Shannon Shone | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Peter King Jr Tiernan | Physician | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Edwars D Bonilla-Aguinada | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2025-12-18 |
| Mark D Erasmus | Physician | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-12-18 |
| Frances Gonzales | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2025-12-18 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in New Mexico: 305.
Official medical board record
New Mexico Medical Board publishes license and disciplinary orders for New Mexico. File complaints via its published channel ((505) 476-7220).
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
- Iowa · 0.59/1k · 26 serious actions
- Minnesota · 0.59/1k · 50 serious actions
- Kansas · 0.60/1k · 24 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Wyoming · 17 serious actions · 0.95/1k
- Utah · 17 serious actions · 0.39/1k
- Indiana · 16 serious actions · 0.17/1k
- District of Columbia · 16 serious actions · 0.41/1k
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