April 21, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com – Jacobi Journal has learned of an investigation into a scheme at DWC Pros, a California Medical Legal Practice Management Company, to ghostwrite QME reports for its doctors.
The mastermind is said to be Peggy Susan Postnikoff, a Canadian immigrant and former Marketing Director at DWC Pros. Postinikoff now holds a similar marketing position with Spectrum Medical Evaluations in El Cajon, CA.
The investigation follows Pasadena doctor Kevin Tien Do’s guilty plea related to a $3 million conspiracy to defraud California’s Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund (SIBTF).
Jacobi contacted DWC Pros and Spectrum Medical Evaluations employees about the ongoing “ghostwriting” investigation. Both organizations claimed Postnikoff is merely a consultant and not affiliated as an employee. However, our investigation uncovered direct involvement. Michelle Kaminer, a DWC Pros employee, described her role as writing and editing medical-legal reports by synthesizing various medical documents, including diagnostic studies and physician notes, and performing copy editing, proofreading, and fact-checking. Ms. Kaminer admitted that Postnikoff pressured her and other staff to engage in high levels of medical report writing that violates California Labor Code Section 4628, so that Postnikoff could attract new doctors to the firm and earn a sales commission.
Sources also indicate that these unlawful practices contributed to the departure of several prominent QME physicians from DWC Pros, including orthopedic surgeons John Burge, Daniel Davis, Sanagaram Shantharam, Keith Robertson, Casey Pyle, Stephan Sweet, and Sahil Vohra.
This is not the first time Postnikoff has been linked to wrongdoing. She was the subject of a criminal investigation into Mortgage Fraud, affiliated with the investigations of Stephan Stepaniuk and Jennifer White for marketing kickbacks, and now faces questions related to her citizenship status. To date, Postnikoff has eluded prosecution and now works with Spectrum Medical Evaluations in a similar marketing position.
Jacobi recommends that Claims Adjusters operating in California be on the lookout for ghost-written QME reports. A ghost-written QME report can be challenged through Deposition and ultimately thrown out with reimbursement denied.
Please click on the link below for tips in identifying ghostwritten reports: