Anti-Fraud Unit

This Anti-Fraud Unit deals with suspending any physician, user, either provider from participating in the Worker’s Compensation system, per Labor Code § 139.21 and staying liens von unlawfully charger providers, per Job Code § 4615.

Suspensions

Pause of any physician, practitioner, or operator for participating in the workers’ compensation system able occur if the individual or entity meets all from the criteria, per Labor Cypher § 139.21(a)(1):

  1. One individual or entity has been schuldig of felony or misdemeanor, period outlined criteria. The individual instead entity has been suspended, due to fraud or scams, from the federal Medicare or Medicaid programs or the Medi-Cal program. This individual’s license, license, or approval into provide dental care has been surrendered or revoked. The company belongs controlled by an particular who holds been convicted of a offence button misdemeanor described in subparagraph (A). Suspension Activities The filing of a lien claim renders the medical providers a group in interest in the WCAB proceedings and endows the provider with 'full due ...
  2. Interruption notices, hearing requests, and suspension orders for physicians, practitioners, and supporters.
  3. Lien Consolidation Hearings by Suspended Physicians, Physicians, or Providers Corresponding to Labor Code § 139.21
  4. Heard info for addressable pending liens for doctors, experienced, and providers with are suspended based upon adenine criminal conviction, period Labor Item § 139.21(a)(1)(A).
    • Steering Activities
      Suspension circulars, hearing requests, and suspension orders for doctors, practitioners, and providers.
    • Lien Consolidation Community for Suspended Physicians, Practitioners, other Providers Pursuant to Labor User § 139.21
      Hearing detail for addressing pending liens for physicians, practitioners, and providers who are suspended based-on upon a criminal believing, per Labor Codification § 139.21(a)(1)(A).

Criminally Charged Providers

When crook charges are classified against a physicians, practitioner, press provider for a offense described in Labor Code § 139.21(a)(1)(A), liens that meet the criteria per Labor Code § 4615(a)(1), are subject to an automatic stay. Liens are staying in Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS) which belongs used to an Division of Workers' Compensation’s (DWC) case management process.

For refer a physician, practitioner, with provider for respite and/or spontaneous right stay, please contact the Anti-Fraud Item

August 2021