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Last month, Anna Padva-German, 47, of Secaucus, NJ, a dentist employed by  New Jersey Mobile Dentist P.A. pleaded guilty to third degree Medicaid fraud in Superior Court. The charge stems from an ongoing investigation by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

As a result of the investigation, four dentists employed by New Jersey Mobile Dentist have pleaded guilty thus far, including Padva-German. The Medicaid program allegedly paid New Jersey Mobile Dentist more than $1.3 million to which it was not entitled as a result of fraudulent billing for those four dentists.

Padva-German admitted in court to received payments beyond what she was entitled between Jan. 1, 2003 and March 6, 2009, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.

New Jersey Mobile Dentist P.A contracts with dentists to provide mobile services at nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the state.

Padva-German will be sentenced June 25, 2010. Under her plea agreement, she must pay $138,731 in restitution and penalties to the state.

In September, another dentist employed by New Jersey Mobile Dentist, Marc Wertheim, 45, pleaded guilty to third-degree Medicaid Fraud. The Medicaid program paid New Jersey Mobile Dentist nearly $750,000 to which it was not entitled as a result of alleged fraudulent billing related to Wertheim.

In July, two other dentists employed by New Jersey Mobile Dentist pleaded guilty. Christopher Lillo, 41, and Joshua Prensky, 33, pleaded guilty to third-degree conspiracy to commit Medicaid fraud. The Medicaid program allegedly paid New Jersey Mobile Dentist more than $300,000 as a result of fraudulent billing related to Lillo, and $100,000 as a result of fraudulent billing for Prensky.

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