State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · Not ranked

Vermont

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

0.85
Rate / 1k physicians
11
Serious actions (3 yr)
4,338
Licensed physicians
NR
Below sample floor

The short answer

Vermont recorded 11 serious actions at 0.85 per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).

Vermont boards reported 11 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 4,338 licensed physicians (0.85 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 577 federal exclusions tied to Vermont.

State verdict

According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Vermont recorded 11 serious physician actions at 0.85 per 1,000 physicians - shown as source data, not ranked below the 5,000-physician comparison floor.

0.85
Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
Not ranked
5,000+ physician floor
1.05x
Vs national average rate
577
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 VT · Vermont 0.85/1k · NR

RATE-FLOOR · VOL-UNK · DUAL-NA · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-VT

  • RATE-FLOOR Below floor
  • VOL-UNK Volume unknown
  • DUAL-NA Dual n/a
  • LICENSE-LED License-led
  • LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
  • BOARD-VT VT

Nearest rate peer: Florida (+0.00/1k)

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 577 Vermont 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.

National (=1.0×)1.1×
Vermont at 0.85/1k = 1.05× the national baseline; not ranked below the 5,000-physician floor.

Vermont LEIE exclusion reasons

1. License Revocation or Sus…3622. Conviction: Program-Relat…1223. Conviction: Patient Abuse…604. Conviction: Healthcare Fr…155. Conviction: Controlled Su…76. Conviction: Program-Relat…47. Misdemeanor: Federal or S…28. Fraud, Kickbacks, or Proh…29. Misdemeanor: Healthcare F…110. Managed Care Default1
Counts from the live HHS OIG LEIE extract for Vermont. Category labels are statutory designations, not severity grades.
0.85
serious actions per 1,000 licensed physicians (2021-2023)
Not peer-ranked
+5% 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 Vermont 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

Vermont board standing

0.85/1k across 4,338 licensed physicians (Not ranked). LEIE extract: 577 federal exclusions tied to Vermont.

Mid-pack rate 0.85/1k across 4,338 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 Vermont

577 individuals and entities in Vermont 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
Ayla Lynn Atherton Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-05-20
Kristen Kelly Connolly Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-05-20
Daniel Mcswiggan Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Controlled Substance 2026-04-20
Laura Lee Paige Healthcare Employee Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-04-20
George J Sr Bills Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2026-01-20
Kim M Bills Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect 2026-01-20
Johan Green Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-01-20
Katrina M Lafoe Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2026-01-20
Lilac Rain Brown-Fisher Healthcare Employee Conviction: Healthcare Fraud 2025-07-20
Gretchen E Lewis Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2025-07-20
Mark Raymond Lacomb Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2025-06-19
Lauren Ann Lasante Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2025-05-20
Cheri Lynn Little Individual (Unaffiliated) Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2025-05-20
Bobbi Jo Davis Licensed Healthcare Professional License Revocation or Suspension 2025-04-20
Alicia Ann Russell Licensed Healthcare Professional Conviction: Program-Related Crime 2025-04-20

Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Vermont: 577.

Official medical board record

Official Board
Vermont Board of Medical Practice
(802) 828-2673
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Vermont Board of Medical Practice publishes license and disciplinary orders for Vermont. File complaints via its published channel ((802) 828-2673).

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