12
Jan
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :medicaid fraud, New Jersey Mobile Dentist, New Jersey Mobile Dentist P.A. | 1 Comment
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 …
9
Jan
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :Craig Ralston, medicaid fraud | No Comments
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 …
16
Dec
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :medicaid fraud, unprofessional conduct | No Comments
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 …
7
Dec
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :denist arrested, medicaid fraud | 1 Comment
Dr. Robert Pierre Antoine Louis, of Spanish Fort, was arrested at the Attorney General’s Office in Montgomery by agents of the Alabama Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, a division of that Office.
Louis, 56, operates dental practices in Evergreen and Fort Deposit. The Attorney General’s Office alleges that, in October and November of 2008, Louis approached the administrators of seven public schools and offered free dental screenings for their students. Louis …