Surgeon's Arrest Prompted by Tip About Applicant Fraud

An investigation that led to the arrest of a Northern California doctor for allegedly overbilling insurers for X-rays got its start during a probe into suspected fraud by an applicant, a prosecutor said Thursday. Sherri Adams, the lead attorney for the quality of life crimes unit of the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, said an investigator for her office was looking into reports that a claimant was malingering when he noticed an allegedly inordinate number of X-rays had been conducted by Dr. Gary Royce Wisner of Lodi. Adams said the investigator contacted a colleague ...