Eight Providers Suspended for Fraud or Loss of License

Eight medical providers were suspended from the California workers’ comp system — five for fraud and three because they lost their medical licenses, the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced Monday. The new suspension orders, signed by Administrative Director George Parisotto, brings to 242 the total number of providers who have been suspended from the system. Five of the suspended providers were recovery counselors at Atlantic Health Services of Long Beach, a drug-and-alcohol recovery center for high-school and middle-school students. They were convicted in fede...