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FORBA Holdings LLC, the parent company of the nationwide pediatric dental chain “Small Smiles,” that serves low-income children insured by Medicaid will pay $24 million that will go to federal and state governments to settle accusations that it provided unnecessary and substandard services, the Justice Department announced.

The Justice Department claimed that the dental clinics performed unnecessary procedures, including removing teeth, x-rays, and pulpotomies and then charged Medicaid.

The government’s investigation into…

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…

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…

This story shows why it is important to research a dentist before becoming their patient.

The Iowa Dental Board has scheduling a disciplinary hearing next month for Dr. Peter Vidal. He is accused of unprofessional conduct, willfully or repeatedly violating a rule of the board and failing to comply with discipline imposed by the Board.

In February of 2008, The Iowa Dental board accused Dr. Vidal of performing unnecessary (and poorly done)…