What's New in Dental News
9 Apr
The office manager of an East Brunswick, N.J., dental practice pleaded guilty to cheating insurers out of $45,000 by billing for services never rendered.
Magdy Rafla, 56, pled guilty to charge of second-degree health care claims fraud in a state Superior Court, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.
Rafla, the billing manager at his wife’s dental practice, admitted that between Feb. 9, 2004, and June 14, 2007, he …
7 Apr
A 19-year-old from Lawrence Kansas has filed a lawsuit seeking damages after suffering brain damage during a dental procedure.
The lawsuit alleges that oxygen and nitrous oxide lines were crossed during design and construction of Dr. Kirk Vincent’s new office. It also alleges the city, during inspections of the office, should have caught the problem.
The suit was filed in Douglas County District Court on behalf of Austin Stone and …
6 Apr
The former office manager of a Washington dental clinic was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing more than $560,000 from the practice and illegally obtaining prescription painkillers, according to a story in the Columbian.
Michaelee Roehrs, 66, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree theft and seven counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. The charges relate to her embezzling money from Sheron Dental between 2001 …
