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Showing posts with label Texas Medicaid spending on dental services up 300% in 4 years.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas Medicaid spending on dental services up 300% in 4 years.. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Dr. Michael Goodwin gets 50 months in prison

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CP orthodontist gets 50 months in Medicaid fraud scheme An Amarillo orthodontist has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for h...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Trueblood Dentistry and their string of Carousel chops shops finally forced to close!

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In all the raw data I’ve seen out of Texas, this one would nearly always fall in the top 5.  This one alone is said to have stolen $18 mill...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Sun Orthodontix raided by FBI–Life in dental fraud is not as rosy as it used to be, is it?

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We’re getting there…  by BYRON HARRIS Bio | Email WFAA-TV Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:58 PM Up...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Texas Stakeholder’s meeting cover a lot, offered no solutions.

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In case anyone missed the Stakeholder’s webinar yesterday. Here is a link to it:  July 27, 2012 Texas Dental Stakeholder’s Meeting They tal...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Dr. John G. "Jack" Vondrak’s Sun Orthodontix abandon possible 4,000 patients.

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  EL PASO, Texas – KVIA TV Part 2 Parents of former patients, an attorney and Health and Human Services are claiming a chain of orthodo...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Byron Harris update on dental Medicaid fraud in Texas

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June 20, 2012 Read Byron’s complete report here at WFAA
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Orthodontics Offices Closing in Texas

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Looks like the spin has started in Texas. I’m hearing many Orthodontic clinics will  close up shop on July 1, 2012. In the piece below, Dr....
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners General Counsel Admitted–“If you own a clinic you are practicing dentistry in the state”

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There is such a HUGE GI-NORMOUS difference in the way North Carolina’s Dental Board understands the responsibilities given to them and the...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Just a wild guess, but I’m thinking the ADA and the DGPA are none too happy about the hearings on Corporate Dentistry in Texas

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Yes, the ADA is a different group and as we know the ADA rules, since they have the gold. But honestly, they might as well be the one and th...

Texas Board of Dental Examiners–Drilled; the truth hurts

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Well, it appears Wednesday-April 11, 2012-was an eventful day in Texas, at least when it comes to Corporate Dentistry practices that has inv...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

FINALLY!! Texas State Dental Board Director resigns before big hearing. Come One, Come All to the April 11, 2012 10:30 Texas State Dental Board Meeting!

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By Mary Ann Roser AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Statesman.com Article Published: 8:47 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Sherri Meek, executive dir...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Texas, feds take action on orthodontic fraud | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth

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  NEWS 8 INVESTIGATES DALLAS — A Dallas dentist has agreed to pay the state and federal government $1.2 million to resolve allegations th...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Dental Braces: Once Again Texas Makes News with Braces

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  Dental Braces: Once Again Texas Makes News with Braces March 20, 2012 By Jim Du Molin Leave a Comment What is it with Medicaid dental...
Thursday, February 02, 2012

New Medicaid Dental Rules in Texas is Potential Windfall for Wall Street–Anyone Surprised? Not me!

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I made an entry here a few weeks ago about Kool Smiles telling their patients they have to choose a doctor, not their clinic under the new r...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

UPDATED: TX Medicaid combats overuse of kids' braces -- 22 visits a year! | Trail Blazers Blog | dallasnews.com

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  UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: The attorney general's office has 31 orthodontists under investigation for possible Medicaid fraud, David Maxwell...
Friday, December 16, 2011

Texas - State Senate to Hold Hearing on Medicaid Dental

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Texas - State Senate to Hold Hearing on Medicaid Dental   Byron Harris WFAA December 16, 2011 DALLAS - Since last spring, News 8 investi...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Jim Moriarty “Only a human can practice dentistry” “No corporation is allowed to practice dentistry.”

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by BYRON HARRIS Bio | Email WFAA Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:15 PM WFAA's Byron Harris has investigated dental organizations th...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Feds to investigate Medicaid orthodontics fraud in Texas

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  by BYRON HARRIS Bio | Email WFAA Posted on August 25, 2011 at 10:37 PM Updated Thursday, Aug 25 at 10:37 PM NEWS 8 INVESTIGATES For t...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Texas - WFAA TV–State takes action after Byron Harris expose'

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by BYRON HARRIS Bio | Email WFAA Posted on June 19, 2011 at 9:51 PM Updated yesterday at 4:17 PM News 8 Investigates From the air, it ...
Thursday, June 02, 2011

Texas gone hog wild and pig crazy with taxpayer sponsored dental care

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  2007    $399,000,000 2008    $768,000,000 2009    $961,000,000 2010    $1,235,000,000 In essence, Medicaid expenditures in Texas for dent...