Dentist Finder San Diego » medicaid 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 Texas Medicaid fraud and kickbacks http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/texas-medicaid-fraud-and-kickbacks/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/texas-medicaid-fraud-and-kickbacks/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:16:08 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=587

Oral surgeon Dr. Gary Schwarz

South Texas oral surgeon Dr. Gary Schwarz and five other dentists have been indicted in a federal case alleging Medicaid fraud of $63,000 and a referral kickback scheme. Federal investigators arrested Schwarz alleging that he billed Medicaid for services billed but not rendered and for procedures performed by an unqualified dental assistant. His office manager and assistant have been charged and face federal conspiracy and health…

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/texas-medicaid-fraud-and-kickbacks/feed/ 1 The paper-clip root canals http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/the-paper-clip-root-canals/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/the-paper-clip-root-canals/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:10:34 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=511 According to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Dr. Michael Clair used everyday paper-clips instead of using stainless steel posts in his root canals. Dr. Clair then charged Medicaid for the expensive posts.

On top of assault and battery charges stemming from the paper-clip use, Dr. Clair is also accused of illegally prescribing drugs and submitting false Medicaid claims.

Dr. Clair now lives in Maryland. His license has been revoked in Massachusetts since…

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/the-paper-clip-root-canals/feed/ 0 ‘Small Smiles’ Dental Chain Reaches Settlement for Medical Fraud http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/small-smiles-dental-chain-reaches-settlement-for-medical-fraud/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/small-smiles-dental-chain-reaches-settlement-for-medical-fraud/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:31:44 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=466 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…

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/small-smiles-dental-chain-reaches-settlement-for-medical-fraud/feed/ 0 4th NJ dentist guilty of defrauding Medicaid http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/4th-nj-dentist-guilty-of-defrauding-medicaid/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/4th-nj-dentist-guilty-of-defrauding-medicaid/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:39:59 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=434 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…

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/4th-nj-dentist-guilty-of-defrauding-medicaid/feed/ 1 Kentucky dentist sent to prison for Medicaid fraud http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/kentucky-dentist-sent-to-prison-for-medicaid-fraud/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/kentucky-dentist-sent-to-prison-for-medicaid-fraud/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:51:37 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=425 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…

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