DWC Removes Another 18 Medical Providers, Most Because of Medicare Fraud

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation Monday kicked another 18 medical providers out of the workers’ compensation system, bringing the total number removed this year to 263. DWC Administrative Director George Parisotto issued the suspension orders under fraud prevention statutes created by last year’s Assembly Bill 1244. Nine of the suspended providers have been convicted of Medicare fraud schemes. Among them:  Obiageli Brooke Agbu of Carson, owner of durable medical equipment provider Ibon Inc., and Dr. Emmanuel Adebayo Ayodele of Rolling H...