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| | Federal Indictment Unsealed As Chiropractors Bahar Gharib-Danesh, Na Young Eoh, And Clinical Psychologist John Terrence Are Arrested In California On Thursday For Workers’ Compensation Fraud By Lonce LaMon - July 12, 2015
A federal indictment that was filed on July 2, 2015 and initially sealed, was unsealed on Thursday, July 9th 2015 as chiropractor Bahar Gharib-Danish was arrested in Los Angeles, chiropractor Na Young Eoh was arrested in Bakersfield, and clinical psychologist John Terrance of Marina del Rey was expected to voluntarily appear before the U.S. District Court in Fresno within the next 30 days.
This case is described in the complaint as a long-observed text-book conspiracy and scam utilizing runners and cappers--beginning around 2005-- to find workers claiming to have a work-related injury. Gharib-Danish as the leader of the group instructed that as many body parts as possible be added to each patient’s treatment plan and that all be given psychological evaluations.
Treatment included shock wave therapy, electro stimulation therapy, myo-facial release/massage, physical therapy, chiropractic manipulation, compound creams, psychological evaluation, and others.
Nearly every patient was scheduled for the same treatment and the maximum amounts of treatments allowed by law were billed. Included were unnecessary medical tests, exams, and other services. All the reports written by John Terrance, the clinical psychologist, read exactly the same. They were cookie-cutter copies with merely the names and identifying information of the patients changed, along with the specific insurance carrier or self-insured to be billed.
This was a classic mill.
Chiropractor Gharib-Danesh was the manager of Pain Relief Health Centers headquartered in Los Angeles. Pain Relief Health Centers had clinics in Bakersfield, Visalia, Fresno, and other locations in Los Angeles County. Na Young Eoh was a chiropractor and a treating physician for Pain Relief Health Centers’ Kern County workers’ compensation claims. Psychologist John Terrence saw patients from the Bakersfield clinic.
Claims that were denied were litigated with the WCAB. Liens were filed. Volumes of liens were negotiated and settled. The sheer volume made it lucrative.
John Terrence signed his reports as a QME and billed at the QME rate when the cases were not even assigned by the Division of Workers’ Compensation. He even continued to bill in this manner, at the higher QME rate, even after his QME certification had lapsed.
journalist Lonce LaMon, lonce@adjustercom.com; copyright Lonce LaMon and adjustercom.
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