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
North Carolina 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 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
North Carolina Medical Board publishes license and disciplinary orders for North Carolina. File complaints via its published channel ((919) 326-1100).
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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)
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