Medical Board Accusation Leads to Surrender of Fresno Physician's Medical License.News Editors/Health/Medical Writers SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2003 Facing a formal accusation of wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do 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 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, v. Dr. Ahsan Kalim Bajwa, in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. CR S 02-319 EJG EJG Education Journalists' Group EJG European Job Guide , Bajwa pled guilty to violating Title 18, United States Code Noun 1. United States Code - a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States; is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives U. S. , 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 nerve conduction n. The transmission of an impulse along a nerve fiber. Nerve conduction The speed and strength of a signal being transmitted by nerve cells. tests and needle electromyography electromyography Process of graphically recording the electrical activity of muscle, which normally generates an electric current only when contracting or when its nerve is stimulated. 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. The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers through the proper licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons Physicians and surgeons are medical practitioners who treat illness and injury by prescribing medication, performing diagnostic tests and evaluations, performing surgery, and providing other medical services and advice. and certain allied healthcare professions and through the vigorous, objective enforcement of the Medical Practice Act. 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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