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News Release — December 12, 2003
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
December 12, 2003
Medical Board Accusation Leads to Surrender
of Fresno Physician's Medical License
SACRAMENTO—Facing a formal Accusation of wrongdoing by the Medical Board of California, Fresno physician Ahsan Kalim Bajwa, M.D. has agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine. The stipulated surrender of his medical license was ordered on December 5, 2003 and becomes effective December 12, 2003.
Bajwa is subject to disciplinary action under Business and Professions Code section 2236 in that on or about April 28, 2003, in a case entitled United States of America v. Dr. Ahsan Kalim Bajwa, in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. CR S 02-319 EJG, Bajwa pled guilty to violating Title 18, United States Code, section 1347, Health Care Fraud. Bajwa was sentenced to 12 months' home detention, five years' probation, a fine of $40,000, ordered to pay restitution of $275,832, and costs of prosecution of the case. Bajwa agreed to surrender his medical license and not apply for reinstatement for five years.
Beginning in January 1990 and continuing through February 2002, Bajwa, who was practicing in Fresno as a neurologist, would bill Medicare, Medi-Cal, and other private insurance companies for nerve conduction tests and needle electromyography which he did not perform. Bajwa's conduct in submitting false and fraudulent claims constitutes unprofessional conduct in violation of section 2234(e) of the Business and Professions Code.
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If you have a question or complaint about the healthcare you are receiving, the Board encourages you to visit its Web site at www.medbd.ca.gov or for questions call the Consumer Information Line at (916) 263-2382, or with complaints call (800) 633-2322.
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