shows Misra, who has been licensed for three decades, has no criminal history and no disciplinary actions against him.
They also are trying to recoup money from legal cases previously settled and/or litigated with 335 patients Misra treated for neck and/or back pain, he says. The companies say they paid more than $6.5 million to settle claims. He recommended or performed spinal injections on the patients, with about half advised to undergo spinal surgery, the insurers allege. When the injections don’t resolve patients' complaints, they say, the doctor recommends “expensive, medically unnecessary surgeries” that cost more than $50,000.told a judge what Misra allegedly said when a patient advised him the patient didn’t want an injection.U.S.
In his countersuit, Misra says the insurers “improperly miscast” their “underlying Medical Liability claims as a RICO action,” Misra says.