Massachusetts Board Actions (2022-2023)
Massachusetts medical-board action counts from the BORIM public annual report (2023). Rates use this board's own licensee denominator (not NPPES). FSMB national rollups are cited only for scale.
Last updated: May 2026
Massachusetts's disciplinary counts come from the BORIM annual report published at mass.gov: 80 actions across 78 cases in 2023, against 38,000 active MD/DO licensees (2.11 per 1,000).
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine annual report is the source; Massachusetts publishes a four-type public breakout in the file PlainDoctor cites. Use the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine physician profiles tool for individual status.
Where this state board sits among covered peers
Massachusetts ranks 10th of 10 covered state boards by actions per 1,000 licensees (2.11 in 2023), with probation the largest share at 36% of board actions. In the NPPES directory, developmental therapist is the most over-indexed specialty at 10.21× the national share (5,338 providers).
- 2.11
- actions / 1,000 licensees (2023)
- 10th
- of 10 covered boards by rate
- 80
- board actions in 2023
- 3.3%
- of covered-state action volume
This comparison uses the 2023 report only; 2022 rows do not carry the same action-type coverage, so no year-over-year claim is made.
Massachusetts's 2.11 actions / 1,000 is below the covered-board median of 3.06; the next higher board is Illinois at 2.52. In 2023, probation accounted for 29 of 80Massachusetts board actions (36%).
What the BORIM report categorizes
Massachusetts's 2023 BORIM report publishes 4 action categories (Probation, License suspension, Voluntary surrender, License revocation). Not broken out on this BORIM report: practice restriction (see California's 2023 breakout); public reprimand (see California's 2023 breakout); monetary fine (see Florida's 2023 breakout).
Massachusetts NPPES mix: Developmental Therapist
Among NPPES providers in Massachusetts, Developmental Therapist is the most over-indexed specialty at 10.21× the national share (5,338 providers) ; next are Counselor (2.58×, 9,279), Clinical Social Worker (2×, 16,623), Mental Health Counselor (1.99×, 17,712), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (1.78×, 1,140), Psychiatry Physician (1.62×, 2,597). Most under-indexed: Marriage & Family Therapist at 0.22×, Case Manager/Care Coordinator at 0.42×, Massage Therapist at 0.47× . This is directory composition, not a board-action rate.
- Developmental Therapist - 5,338 providers (10.21× national share)
- Counselor - 9,279 providers (2.58× national share)
- Clinical Social Worker - 16,623 providers (2× national share)
- Mental Health Counselor - 17,712 providers (1.99× national share)
- Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - 1,140 providers (1.78× national share)
- Psychiatry Physician - 2,597 providers (1.62× national share)
- Psychologist - 2,281 providers (1.59× national share)
- Adult Health Nurse Practitioner - 1,419 providers (1.59× national share)
- Internal Medicine Physician - 7,862 providers (1.51× national share)
- Clinical Psychologist - 2,883 providers (1.51× national share)
Massachusetts 2023 published counts: probation 29; license suspension 22; voluntary surrender 18; license revocation 11 (total 80).
Aggregate Massachusetts counts only, not an individual determination. Verify a clinician via the BORIM public record or methodology for category definitions (Probation, License suspension, Voluntary surrender, License revocation).
Source: BORIM - State Medical Board Annual Report Massachusetts Medical Board Disciplinary Action Statistics, 2023 · 2023 Aggregate counts only. To verify any individual provider's current license status, query the state board's public license lookup directly.
More Massachusetts context on PlainDoctor
Massachusetts counts from BORIM (2023); national context from FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends. Aggregate only - methodology · board lookup.