More than $59 million in fraudulent workers compensation claims were prevented thanks, at least in part, to a bill by Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, signed into law last year, according to a statement from his office. The new law requires the state to suspend any medical provider convicted of fraud from participating in the workers compensation system. The state Division of Workers Compensation said last week that it used Grays bill to suspend seven medical providers who filed more than 8,500 claims totaling $59 million. None of the cases was in the San Joaquin Valley.
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