State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #10 of 51
West Virginia
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, West Virginia is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 1.03
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 30
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 9,677
- Licensed physicians
- #10
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
West Virginia ranks #10 of 51 at 1.03 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
West Virginia boards reported 30 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 9,677 licensed physicians (1.03 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 852 federal exclusions tied to West Virginia.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, West Virginia ranks #10 of 51 on RATE at 1.03 per 1,000 (27% above national) and #27 on serious-action VOLUME (30 actions). California leads volume.
- 1.03
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #10
- National rate rank of 51
- 1.27x
- Vs national average rate
- 852
- 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 WV · West Virginia 1.03/1k · #10/51
RATE-HIGH · VOL-MID · DUAL-SPLIT · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-WV
- RATE-HIGH High rate
- VOL-MID Vol #27
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-WV WV
Nearest rate peer: New York (-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 852 West Virginia 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 West Virginia
West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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.
High-rate enforcement band
West Virginia in the high-rate third
1.03 serious actions per 1,000 physicians sits in the top third of ranked boards (#10 of 51). LEIE extract: 852 federal exclusions tied to West Virginia.
West Virginia Board of Medicine posts serious actions at 1.27× the national 0.81/1k baseline . Higher rates describe enforcement intensity, not misconduct prevalence.
Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.
Recent federal exclusions in West Virginia
852 individuals and entities in West Virginia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafa Abdul-Karim Hares | Physician | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Kimberly Mable Sims | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Chantal Lydia Swart | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Sanjay Rasik Mehta | Physician | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-07-20 |
| Dennis Wayne Jr Allen | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Thomasina Eva Amponsah | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Naveed Aslam | Physician | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-06-18 |
| Cicely Veronica Hall-Smallwood | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Raad Kouza | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Ramis Kouza | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Chantal Lydia Swart | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Delilah Clyburn | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-04-20 |
| David Elmwood Hess | Physician | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-04-20 |
| Clifford Macie Marlowe | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-04-20 |
| Jennifer Ann Adams | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-02-19 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in West Virginia: 852.
Official medical board record
West Virginia Board of Medicine publishes license and disciplinary orders for West Virginia. File complaints via its published channel ((304) 558-2921).
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)
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Georgia · 30 serious actions · 0.24/1k
- Connecticut · 30 serious actions · 0.44/1k
- Mississippi · 31 serious actions · 0.80/1k
- Arkansas · 31 serious actions · 0.82/1k
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