Legal Issues: Page 84

CAO Group files patent infringement complaint against Kerr

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

CAO Group filed an additional patent complaint against Kerr on February 7, 2014.

February 17, 2014

Dentist gets jail, ordered to pay $58K for Medicaid fraud

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

An Abilene, TX, dentist who worked for the Kool Smiles dental chain has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $58,000 for Medicaid fraud.

February 6, 2014

Ind. dental patients to get refunds from Allcare

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Some 300 former patients of Allcare Dental & Dentures in Indiana will receive refunds after the chain abruptly closed its offices in 2011, leaving patients stranded.

January 19, 2014

Hawaii officials investigate child's dental death

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Hawaiian officials have started an investigation of an Oahu dentist whose 3-year-old patient died after the girl was sedated with different drugs during an extensive dental procedure.

January 8, 2014

Hawaii practice closes amid sedation death scrutiny

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Hawaii dentist Lilly Geyer, DMD, has notified her patients via a letter that she is closing her practice. This comes after a 3-year-old patient died after undergoing a dental procedure with sedation at the practice.

January 7, 2014

The changing landscape of dental Medicaid: Part 1

By Dr. Michael W. Davis

The degree of dental Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse is not sustainable. The taxpayer cannot and should not fund such a dysfunctional program, according to Dr. Michael W. Davis. In the first of a two-part series on the changing landscape of Medicaid and its effect on the dental profession, he explains how this unfortunate reality is slowly changing.

January 7, 2014

Hawaii girl dies after dental procedure

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A 3-year-old Hawaiian girl who suffered massive brain damage after undergoing a dental procedure last month has died.

January 5, 2014

Hawaii girl not expected to recover; parents file lawsuit

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A 3-year-old Hawaii girl who slipped into a coma after being sedated during a dental visit is not expected to recover, and her parents have filed a lawsuit.

January 2, 2014

NH dentist accused of Medicaid fraud faces up to 1,300 years in prison

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A 57-year-old New Hampshire dentist indicted on 189 counts of Medicaid fraud faces up to 1,300 years in prison, according to a story in the Concord Monitor.

December 30, 2013

Comfort Dental to sue Colo. professors for slander

By Donna Domino

Dental chain Comfort Dental has notified the University of Colorado Denver that it intends to sue four dental school professors for allegedly making defamatory remarks about the chain's quality of care and business practices.

December 30, 2013

Heraeus Kulzer settles gray-market suit against Omni Dental

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Heraeus Kulzer has settled a lawsuit against Omni Dental Supply over complaints that Omni illegally sold gray-market Heraeus Kulzer products.

December 18, 2013

NC dental board investigates 2 sedation deaths

By Donna Domino

The North Carolina dental board has suspended the sedation permit of one dentist and revoked the license of another following the deaths of two patients who were deemed "not good candidates" for sedation.

December 18, 2013

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