SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Washington state health officials have restricted the license of a Spokane County osteopathic physician and surgeon after reviewing charges and evidence accusing him of malpractice.
Jason Adam Dreyer is accused by the Washington State Department of Health of performing extensive spine surgeries on patients for financial gain. He currently works for MultiCare in Spokane.
Dr. Dreyer treated patients for over two years at Providence St. Mary's in Walla Walla, Washington.
In the statement of charges, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery Department says Dr. Dreyer "overstated the Patient's diagnosis of 'dynamic instability' to justify spinal fusion surgeries, overstated treatments performed during spine surgeries, and inadequately charted in Patient's records" at Providence St. Mary's.
Until the charges are resolved, Dr. Dreyer cannot perform spine surgeries. He has twenty days to request a hearing to contest the charges.
In a statement Multicare Spokesperson Kevin Maloney said, "MultiCare requires all physicians, whether they are employed by MultiCare or not, to be in good standing with the state to practice medicine at our facilities. We await the results of the state’s investigation."
