Legal Issues: Page 19

Dental management firm owner pleads guilty

By Melissa Busch

An owner of a dental management company accused of mischaracterizing personal expenses as business expenses from the practices he operated has pleaded guilty.

January 14, 2025

Assault charges dropped against dentist

By Melissa Busch

A dentist accused of stabbing a man during a poker game in February 2023 in Minnesota recently had the felony assault charges against him dismissed.

January 13, 2025

Dentist files whistleblower suit citing neglect, retaliation

By Melissa Busch

A dentist who worked at California prisons recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the state claiming she was unfairly fired after raising concerns that patients were neglected and more.

January 10, 2025

Dentist settles kickback ploy case

By Melissa Busch

A dentist who previously pleaded guilty in a more than $2 million Medicaid kickback scheme has paid more than $600,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations.

January 9, 2025

Woman accused of running $11M dental fraud scheme

By Melissa Busch

A woman was arrested for allegedly operating an approximately $11 million scheme that defrauded dozens of patients through illegal dental practices.

January 8, 2025

Jailhouse dental care results in lawsuit

By Melissa Busch

A man is suing a Pennsylvania corrections department and a health contractor for errors resulting from tooth extractions while he was in jail, according to a story.

January 7, 2025

Proposed deal reached in alleged cyberattack coverup at practice

By Melissa Busch

A dental practice in Indiana has agreed to a proposed agreement to settle allegations that it failed to report and tried to conceal a ransomware attack that exposed patient personal data.

January 3, 2025

4 dentists, practice indicted

By Melissa Busch

Four dentists and the dental practice in Alaska where they are employed are accused of theft and committing Medicaid fraud over a five-year period and have been indicted.

January 2, 2025

Oral surgeon sentenced for snatching drugs from patients

By Melissa Busch

An oral surgeon was sentenced to prison for reportedly stealing fentanyl meant for his surgery patients, shooting them up with adulterated drugs, and performing procedures without properly managing their pain.

December 30, 2024

Which stories made DrBicuspid's top 10 list in 2024?

By Melissa Busch

DrBicuspid shares its top 10 stories of 2024.

December 30, 2024

Oral surgeon agrees to pay $120K

By Melissa Busch

An oral surgeon has agreed to pay $120,000 in civil penalties for allegedly failing to appropriately prescribe and keep careful records and inventories of controlled substances.

December 27, 2024

ADA, AAO, Align hit with antitrust lawsuit

By Melissa Busch

An antitrust lawsuit was recently filed against the ADA, the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO), and Align Technology.

December 26, 2024

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