State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #25 of 51

Tennessee

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

0.72
Rate / 1k physicians
61
Serious actions (3 yr)
28,162
Licensed physicians
#25
Of 51 ranked

The short answer

Tennessee ranks #25 of 51 at 0.72 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).

Tennessee boards reported 61 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 28,162 licensed physicians (0.72 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 1,843 federal exclusions tied to Tennessee.

State verdict

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Tennessee ranks #25 of 51 on RATE at 0.72 per 1,000 (11% below national) and #18 on serious-action VOLUME (61 actions). California leads volume.

0.72
Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
#25
National rate rank of 51
0.89x
Vs national average rate
1,843
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 TN · Tennessee 0.72/1k · #25/51

RATE-LOW · VOL-HIGH · DUAL-OFFSET · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-TN

  • RATE-LOW Low rate
  • VOL-HIGH Vol #18
  • DUAL-OFFSET Rate/volume offset
  • LICENSE-LED License-led
  • LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
  • BOARD-TN TN

Nearest rate peer: California (+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 1,843 Tennessee 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 Tennessee

IN · lowest0.17OK · near0.69MO · near0.69TN · this board0.72CA · near0.73MD · near0.73OH · highest1.82
Lowest/highest poles plus boards nearest Tennessee on serious-action rate. Full ranked ladder: /states.
0×3×National (=1.0×)1×0.9×
Tennessee at 0.72/1k = 0.89× the national 0.81/1k baseline (rank #25 of 51).

Tennessee LEIE exclusion reasons

1. License Revocation or Sus…10962. Conviction: Program-Relat…2503. Conviction: Patient Abuse…2144. Conviction: Healthcare Fr…1135. Conviction: Controlled Su…916. Managed Care Default227. Misdemeanor: Healthcare F…168. Fraud, Kickbacks, or Proh…149. Entity Controlled by Sanc…1110. Misdemeanor: Federal or …5
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for Tennessee. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.

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0.72
serious actions per 1,000 licensed physicians (2021-2023)
Middle third
-11% 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 Tennessee 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

Tennessee board standing

0.72/1k across 28,162 licensed physicians (#25 of 51). LEIE extract: 1,843 federal exclusions tied to Tennessee.

Mid-pack rate 0.72/1k across 28,162 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 Tennessee

1,843 individuals and entities in Tennessee 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
Felica Anderson Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Chantel Marie Ballard Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Jennifer Blaine Bilbrey Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Alisha Renae Brock Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Jeri Lynn Comstock Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Samantha Faith Johnson Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Amanda Elizabeth Lauderdale Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Deborah Poteet-Johnson Physician License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Ryan Matthew Rogers Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2026-08-20
Jamichael Lamar Sandridge Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-08-20
Pamela Spivey Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-08-20
Mohammad Shahid Jenkins Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-07-20
George Ernest Riddle Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-07-20
Kiesha White Healthcare Employee Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2026-07-20
Patricia Gail Cathey Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2026-06-18

Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Tennessee: 1,843.

Official medical board record

Official Board
Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners
(615) 532-4384
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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)

  • California · 0.73/1k · 364 serious actions
  • Maryland · 0.73/1k · 75 serious actions
  • Oklahoma · 0.69/1k · 35 serious actions
  • Missouri · 0.69/1k · 65 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