Altadena : Hearing Aid License Revoked

The state board that licenses hearing aid dispensers has revoked the license of Kay C. Lumas of Altadena seven years after she was convicted of Medi-Cal fraud.

Kathleen Molly Wilson, chair of the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining Committee, announced Monday that Lumas’ license had been revoked because of fraudulent billings to Medi-Cal. Dispensers fit and sell hearing aids.

Lumas was convicted of the fraud in 1986, committee officials said, for bills submitted wen she worked for a Los Angeles medical group. Her employer did not know about the bills.

Lumas could not be reached for comment this week.

Although Lumas’ license expired in November 1991 and has not practiced since then, the committee sought to bar her from returning to practice, committee officials said.