The United States Attorney`s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that it has reached a settlement with Dennis Jaffe and Dennis B. Jaffe D.M.D., P.C., to pay $324,327.05 to settle health fraud claims — specifically that Jaffe violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently billing Medicaid for tooth extraction procedures and for fraudulently billing for services rendered by a dental assistant when Jaffe was not present in the office.
Under the terms of the settlement, Jaffe is also excluded from all federal and state healthcare programs.In addition to the civil settlement, Jaffe also pleaded guilty to a charge of theft from a healthcare benefit program in a separate federal criminal action and was sentenced to serve one year of probation. As part of the plea, Jaffe agreed to surrender his dental license.
Source: STATE