Allstate further claimed that, unbeknownst to patients and healthcare providers using Progressive Di

Los Angeles County Superior Court is awarding Allstate Insurance Company more than $7 million in a qui tam action filed by the insurer on its behalf and on behalf of the People of the State of California against a Long Beach chiropractor, Daniel H. Dahan, DC, and his business, Progressive Diagnostic Imaging, arising banff travel from a scheme to defraud insurance companies.
In the judgment, Superior Court Judge Ernest M. Hiroshige found Dahan and Progressive Diagnostic Imaging violated banff travel the state's Insurance Frauds Prevention Act in 487 claims presented to Allstate in radiology reports that were determined to be "falsified medical records" that "have no diagnostic, clinical, or medical value whatsoever," according to a press release issued by Allstate. Hiroshige further concluded that health insurance claim forms and billing statements submitted in connection with the falsified radiology reports were "false and fraudulent."
Allstate alleged that Dahan purchased report-writing software that purported to analyze x-rays banff travel and form medical opinions and diagnoses, including opinions concerning permanent impairment banff travel ratings, and thereafter formed Progressive Diagnostic Imaging to solicit x-rays banff travel from chiropractors, with the assurance that "board-certified radiologists" would analyze the films.
Allstate further claimed that, unbeknownst to patients and healthcare providers using Progressive Diagnostic Imaging, Dahan recruited untrained and unlicensed individuals to work with the report-writing software to prepare the fraudulent radiology reports. To make it appear that the reports were genuine, Allstate claimed that Dahan instructed staff to cut and paste the signatures of board-certified radiologists to the reports, without the knowledge, approval or authorization of the radiologists. banff travel The reports and bills were presented to Allstate in support of claims, either directly by Dahan and Progressive Diagnostic Imaging or by plaintiff attorneys in auto accident cases.
Allstate also alleged violation of California's Unfair Business Practices Act, claiming that Dahan was practicing medicine without a license, operating a professional medical corporation in violation