4th NJ dentist guilty of defrauding Medicaid

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 …

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 …

Iowa dentist awaits unprofessional conduct hearing

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 …

Alabama dentist arrested on Medicaid fraud charge

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 …