9 Jan
Kentucky dentist sent to prison for Medicaid fraud
Craig Ralston, 47, has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he defrauded the Kentucky Medicaid Program and trafficked in hydrocodone. HE was ordered to pay $4,900 in restitution to the Kentucky Medicaid Program and $3,000 in investigative costs for the attorney general’s office.
From March 1988 until September 2004, Ralston billed the Kentucky Medical Assistance Program for dental extractions that were not performed or medically inappropriate. Ralston also supplied drug-seeking clients with hydrocodone while billing for extractions of healthy teeth.
Ralston surrendered his license to practice dentistry in 2004 and pleaded guilty to all counts in November.
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