Dentist Finder San Diego » insurance fraud http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog What's New in Dental News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:28:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 N.J. dental office manager pleads guilty to claims fraud http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/n-j-dental-office-manager-pleads-guilty-to-claims-fraud/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/n-j-dental-office-manager-pleads-guilty-to-claims-fraud/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:45:00 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=524 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 knowingly falsified…

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Dr. Joanne Baker

Joanne Baker, D.D.S.,51, was arraigned on a 13-count indictment charging her with grand larceny, insurance fraud, scheme to defraud and falsifying business records, all felonies.

Dr. Baker is accused of fraudulently billing Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (MetLife) for $13,000 over a 2 year starting in September 2006. About 18 patients came forward in 2008 to say Baker had billed MetLife for dental services she never provided.

She was arrested in…

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