State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #28 of 51

North Carolina

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, North Carolina is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.

0.64
Rate / 1k physicians
82
Serious actions (3 yr)
42,882
Licensed physicians
#28
Of 51 ranked

The short answer

North Carolina ranks #28 of 51 at 0.64 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).

North Carolina boards reported 82 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 42,882 licensed physicians (0.64 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 1,834 federal exclusions tied to North Carolina.

State verdict

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, North Carolina ranks #28 of 51 on RATE at 0.64 per 1,000 (21% below national) and #15 on serious-action VOLUME (82 actions). California leads volume.

0.64
Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
#28
National rate rank of 51
0.79x
Vs national average rate
1,834
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 NC · North Carolina 0.64/1k · #28/51

RATE-LOW · VOL-HIGH · DUAL-SPLIT · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-NC

  • RATE-LOW Low rate
  • VOL-HIGH Vol #15
  • DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
  • LICENSE-LED License-led
  • LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
  • BOARD-NC NC

Nearest rate peer: Nevada (-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 1,834 North Carolina 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 North Carolina

IN · lowest0.17KS · near0.6NV · near0.63NC · this board0.64OK · near0.69MO · near0.69OH · highest1.82
Lowest/highest poles plus boards nearest North Carolina on serious-action rate. Full ranked ladder: /states.
National (=1.0×)0.8×
North Carolina at 0.64/1k = 0.79× the national 0.81/1k baseline (rank #28 of 51).

North Carolina LEIE exclusion reasons

1. License Revocation or Sus…12002. Conviction: Program-Relat…3723. Conviction: Patient Abuse…684. Conviction: Healthcare Fr…565. Conviction: Controlled Su…466. Managed Care Default287. Misdemeanor: Healthcare F…208. Fraud, Kickbacks, or Proh…169. Entity Controlled by Sanc…1410. Misdemeanor: Federal or …8
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for North Carolina. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
0.64
serious actions per 1,000 licensed physicians (2021-2023)
Middle third
-21% 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 North Carolina 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.

Thin serious-action volume

North Carolina board standing

82 serious actions: bottom-third volume among ranked boards. LEIE extract: 1,834 federal exclusions tied to North Carolina.

Mid-pack rate 0.64/1k across 42,882 physicians but only 82 serious 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 North Carolina

1,834 individuals and entities in North Carolina 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
Christopher David Adams Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Adam Carlton Mcdonough Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Reinaldo C Wilson Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Natalie Anagho Healthcare Employee Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-07-20
Roy George Waronsky Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-07-20
Mary Baidoo Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
John Gregory Barnes Business Owner/Executive Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-06-18
Brandon Shane Burke Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Erika Cooper Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Karen Soyars Garretson Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Johanna Slaydon Green Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Jeffrey Burton Richardson Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Steven Knox Skinner Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18
Giselle Alexandria Farrell Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-05-20
Stephen Charles Carr Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-04-20

Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in North Carolina: 1,834.

Official medical board record

Official Board
North Carolina Medical Board
(919) 326-1100
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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)

  • Nevada · 0.63/1k · 25 serious actions
  • Kansas · 0.60/1k · 24 serious actions
  • Oklahoma · 0.69/1k · 35 serious actions
  • Missouri · 0.69/1k · 65 serious actions

Similar serious-action volume (± rate)

  • Alabama · 83 serious actions · 1.34/1k
  • Kentucky · 87 serious actions · 1.29/1k
  • Maryland · 75 serious actions · 0.73/1k
  • Arizona · 96 serious actions · 0.97/1k

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.

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