WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today took to the Senate floor to deliver a speech on his new bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) to reauthorize funding for the Centers for Disease Control … Read More
BOSTON, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — DentaQuest, part of Sun Life U.S. and the nation’s second-largest dental benefits provider by membership, today announced a $20,000 contribution to Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center to support solutions designed to bring … Read More
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Benevis, a leading dental healthcare and orthodontics delivery organization committed to providing quality care to underserved communities, announces the release of its Price of Poor Oral Health white paper to shed light on the profound economic consequences and escalating … Read More
At nearly 50, Dr. Mouhab Rizkallah is a husband and father who runs a successful orthodontic practice out of Sommerville, Massachusetts. He also happens to be forging a legacy as a tenacious advocate for the less fortunate, and a steward, … Read More
National Children’s Dental Health Month observances began with a one-day event in Cleveland and a one-week celebration in Akron, Ohio, in February 1941. Since then, the concept has snowballed into a nationwide program, bringing together thousands of dedicated professionals, health … Read More
SmileDirectClub is facing a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company violated the WARN Act when it laid off its employees during its shutdown. SmileDirectClub announced it would be shutting down its global operations immediately Dec. 8 after efforts to recapitalize … Read More
Morristown, NJ – In a major healthcare fraud case, RDx Bioscience Inc., a Kenilworth-based clinical laboratory, along with its owner and CEO, Eric Leykin, have consented to a $13.25 million settlement over accusations of illegal kickbacks and unnecessary medical testing. … Read More
TRENTON – A Kenilworth, New Jersey-based lab and its owner/CEO agreed to pay $2.93 million to NJ Medicaid, the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) announced today. Eric Leykin, CEO/owner of RDx Bioscience, agreed to pay $2.93 million to New … Read More
More than $730 million in Medicaid-related and health-care fraud was recovered from entities and individuals who defrauded the Texas Medicaid system or were accused of doing so in fiscal year 2023, according to a newly released joint investigative report. A … Read More
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp recently proposed putting $178 million toward construction of a dental school at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Atlanta News First reported Jan. 10. Gov. Kemp delivered the proposal during the state’s annual Eggs and Issues Breakfast, … Read More
Dental practices that meet certain requirements can begin providing information on both the practice and its “beneficial owners. The Corporate Transparency Act, enacted by Congress in 2021, intends to combat the use of businesses as money-laundering operations. It requires certain … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – Community Health Network, Inc. (Community), a healthcare network headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, has agreed to pay the United States $345 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to Medicare for … Read More
(WKBN) – A Chardon doctor’s license to practice medicine has been revoked by the Ohio Medical Board. The revocation is tied to a February 2023 federal healthcare fraud conviction against Steven J. Arnold. The board ruled in its December 2023 … Read More
The Washington Dental Quality Assurance Commission and Shawn Keller, DDS, agreed to restrictions of his dental license. The commission claims that between 2018 and 2020, Dr. Keller provided substandard dental care to multiple patients and was unable to produce adequate … Read More
Dentists who received funds during the sixth phase of the Provider Relief Fund from July 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2022 must submit a report on the use of those funds in the PRF Reporting Portal by 11:59 p.m. ET … Read More
Two dental practices have filed a class-action lawsuit against Align Technology, alleging the company engaged in anticompetitive conduct, according to a Jan. 2 news release from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Here are six things … Read More
Washington, D.C., had the highest number of dentists per capita out of any state in 2022, with 111.64 dentists per 100,000 individuals, according to data collected by the American Dental Association. The number of dentists per capita for the U.S. … Read More
Robert Leon Smith III: The Central Figure in a $60M Fraud Robert Leon Smith III, a 48-year-old man from Archer, Texas, has been charged in a massive healthcare fraud and kickback scheme, totaling $60 million. Smith allegedly owned a network … Read More
Amrish Patel, 61, an Indian American resident of Monroe Township, New Jersey, has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $1 million intended for doctors who provided medical care to injured workers in New York. Patel, who provided billing services … Read More
Since April, states across the country have been kicking people off Medicaid, and no state has kicked off more people than Texas. We’re at 1.7 million. And counting. Some of this is right-sizing. Medicaid is health insurance for low-income households, … Read More
Several DSOs have begun offering discounted treatment opportunities for former patients of the now-defunct SmileDirectClub. SmileDirectClub announced Dec. 8 it would be shutting down its global operations immediately after efforts to recapitalize the business failed. The company said it was … Read More
A Florida woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for one of the most elaborate fraud schemes in recent history. According to the Department of Justice, 45-year-old nurse practitioner Elizabeth Hernandez masterminded a fraudulent operation worth over $192 … Read More
Hospitals and insurers are racing to find new artificial intelligence tools to give them an edge in billing and processing their part of the $4 trillion in medical expenses Americans accrue each year. As one of the largest parts of … Read More
Dentistry could lead the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare as the industry continues to innovate with the technology, according to VideaHealth Founder and CEO Florian Hillen. Several industry partnerships and new product launches took place this year as dental … Read More
A California dentist has been sentenced to three years in prison for a scheme to defraud the National Basketball Association Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced last week. … Read More
Erica Olenski, a single mother of three in McKinney, Texas, juggles the responsibilities of parenthood and a full-time job, in addition to the demands of her 5-year-old son’s brain cancer. August was diagnosed in May 2019 and was declared cancer-free … Read More
Former employees of the now-defunct SmileDirectClub are dealing with the aftermath of losing their jobs due to the company’s closure. SmileDirectClub announced Dec. 8 it would be shutting down its global operations immediately after efforts to recapitalize the business failed. … Read More
Since April, states across the country have been kicking people off Medicaid, and no state has kicked off more people than Texas. We’re at 1.7 million. And counting. Some of this is right-sizing. Medicaid is health insurance for low-income households, … Read More
An Archer City man is accused of conspiring in a $60 million fraud and kickback scheme to cheat Medicare with U.S. and offshore co-conspirators. Robert Leon Smith III has been charged for his alleged role in a health care fraud, … Read More
A Minnesota woman is suing her dentist, claiming he left her disfigured and in distress after he performed too many procedures in just one visit and falsified how much anesthesia he gave her. Kathleen Wilson alleges in her civil suit … Read More
An Illinois business owner is charged with defrauding Medicare out of $31 million. The 11 News Investigates team has reported since May about the 280 Maryland residents who said their Medicare accounts were charged for COVID-19 test kits they never … Read More
DOVER, Del. — Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for patient referrals, resulting in fraudulent Medicaid billing. The … Read More
On a typical day in Loxahatchee, Florida, Erin Foley and Ted Albin, a pair of 46-year-old twins, might have been seen overseeing their business, Grapevine Professional Services Inc. However, the seemingly unassuming siblings have been charged with a staggering $25 … Read More
A Miami-area nurse practitioner on Thursday was sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally signing thousands of orders for medical equipment and genetic tests while submitting $192 million in false claims to the taxpayer-funded Medicare program. Elizabeth Hernandez, 45, … Read More
Several dental offices and companies have offered alternative treatment options to patients left without care after SmileDirectClub’s abrupt shutdown. SmileDirectClub announced Dec. 8 it would be shutting down its global operations immediately after efforts to recapitalize the business failed. The … Read More
Editor’s note: the story has been updated to correct that HHSC does not plan to increase staff hours at its 2-1-1 information center. HHSC also now says that SNAP benefits are being processed in 32 days as of Dec. 15. … Read More
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is raising concerns about nearly 1 million Texas children dropped from the Medicaid program following the phase out of pandemic-era coverage. Texas already led all states in the number of uninsured residents, even before the … Read More
A Travis County district judge has ordered Attorney General Ken Paxton and three top aides to sit for depositions in the 3-year-old whistleblower lawsuit against him. At a hearing Wednesday in Austin, Judge Jan Soifer granted the whistleblowers’ motion to … Read More
The Corporate Transparency Act, which will require businesses to report certain ownership information to the U.S. government, will go into effect Jan. 1. Here are seven things for dentists to know: 1. The Corporate Transparency Act was enacted in 2021 … Read More
Andrew R. Golden, age 55, of New Canaan, was arrested Monday, Dec. 18, by inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney. He was charged with larceny by defrauding a public community and … Read More
