Chiropractor Accused in Comp Scam To Stand Trial

The alleged ringleader of a California workers' compensation insurance billing scam will stand trial next year on criminal charges, including practicing medicine without a license because, as a chiropractor, he performed manipulation under anesthesia (MUA). Deputy District Attorney J.C. Weydert said Thursday that after a seven-week preliminary hearing, San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Michael Garrigan ruled that there is reasonable suspicion to try chiropractor Wilmer Origel of Modesto, Calif. for both insurance billing fraud and practicing without a license because of the MUAs he pe...