California surgeon convicted in 4-year billing fraud scheme

A California surgeon was convicted June 16 on 10 counts of healthcare insurance fraud for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by administering excessive and medically unjustifiable X-rays to his patients

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Gary Wisner, MD, subjected 10 patients to hundreds of unnecessary X-rays at his clinic at his clinic in Lodi, Calif., according to a June 17 news release from the state attorney general’s office.  

Dr. Wisner is also accused of worker’s compensation fraud in an unrelated case, according to the news release. 

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