There are 346 Corporate Integrity Agreements individuals and corporations have signed with the Office of Inspector General (OIG). Out of those 346 only 19 have the distinguished designation as being “Quality of Care Corporate Integrity Agreements”. Church Street Health Management (f/k/a FORBA) is among the exclusive bunch.
According to the OIG Quality of Care CIA’s:
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Texas Board Dental of Examiners allows non US residents to scam taxpayers out of $22 million dollars. Cheap labor from across the boarder helps make the Navarro brothers two of the wealthiest Orthodontists in the US. Texas Dental Board refused to answer these questionable practices.
WFAA
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Updated today at 3:16 PM
DALLAS - Many parents know it can cost as much as $5,000 to put braces on a child's teeth. Despite the high cost, it's a financial sacrifice some families make for a child's appearance.
Rarely are braces a health issue. But, while some families struggle to pay for braces, under Medicaid in Texas, tens of thousands of children get braces for free.
Last year, Texas spent $184 million on braces under Medicaid. And while Texas spent as much as the rest of the nation combined, some states, like Michigan and Kansas, spent zero.
Penny v. OrthAlliance, Jordan v. OrthAlliance & Glower v OrthAlliance- Corporate Dentistry Ruled Illegal
From Hospital and Health Systems Group – June 2008
One example of provider relations going horribly wrong is the OrthAlliance experience. OrthAlliance is an orthodontic practice management company that follows a model common in the industry: the company first purchases the assets and leaseholds held by individual orthodontists or professional orthodontic corporations; then it enters into an agreement with the orthodontist or practice to
provide comprehensive practice management services; and finally, the practice
management company employs the orthodontist’s existing nonprofessional staff. It appears, however, that the arrangements were not as financially successful as several of OrthAlliance’s orthodontists had hoped, and the relationships between OrthAlliance and many of those providers eventually broke down. By 2001, approximatelyfifty-six OrthAlliance-affiliated practitioners and/or their professional corporations had filed lawsuits in eleven states.
2003 Penny v OrthAlliance
Corporate Dentistry Ruled Illegal
From Orthalliance 10-k Annual Report
On March 26, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in ruling on the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in a case captioned Penny v. OrthAlliance, Inc. , held that, when construed together, the purchase agreements and service agreements between the plaintiffs and OrthAlliance and the employment agreements between the individual plaintiffs and their practices violated Texas statutes prohibiting the unauthorized practice of dentistry and were therefore invalid. In the court’s view, the interrelationship among these agreements allowed OrthAlliance to own, maintain or operate an office or place of business in which it employs or engages the plaintiffs to practice dentistry, in violation of Texas law. In reaching its conclusion, the court noted that OrthAlliance leases or owns and maintains the office space and tangible assets used in the plaintiffs’ practices and provides comprehensive practice
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Check the Senators Cardin’s campaign contributions!
Yes, average wait time is 7 minutes! Yes, 100% approval rating. Since the asked two people, whom they probably paid!!!
Senator, you may be a fine man, you may be a smart man. But no one would know by listening to what you are saying today.
What are you going to say when this company ends up under Federal investigation like Small Smiles? Will you tell us how great the place is then? Did you even check to see if they were being investigated before stepping up to that podium?
Since you want to take credit for this house of horrors, are you going to take the blame as well?
Maybe we should send all the complaints to your office!!
Hey Senator Ben Cardin–WAKE UP!
Senator Cardin’s boastful public statement from August 18, 2011.
Maryland Ranks First In Providing Child Dental Care
Armando TrullAugust 18, 2011 - Four years ago, 12-year-old Diamonte Driver from Prince George's County died from a brain infection created by an abscessed tooth because his mother was unable to get him adequate dental care. This death spurred Maryland to address this inadequacy, and now, things in the state are vastly different.
Maryland was ranked first in providing dental care for children in a recent Pew Center study.
Another dentist charged with possession of child porn
White Plains NY
August 12, 2011
A former Mount Kisco resident and Greenburgh dentist is accused of possessing child pornography.
Dr. Henry Webster, of Greenburgh-basedWebster Dental Group (Scarsdale P.O.), was arraigned in Mount Kisco Justice Court on Thursday because he lived in the village when the alleged offense took place, according to DA spokesman Lucian Chalfen.
Now a resident upstate in Elizabethtown, NY, Webster was released on $5,000 bail, the Westchester County District Attorney's office announced.
Webster, 56, was charged with one felony count of child pornography possession (the official term is "Possessing an Obscene Sexual Performance by a Child").
The DA's office announced that it received an external hard drive belonging to Webster on May 6 of this year. After an investigation, the DA office claims, images of children under 16 years old were found. The DA's office also claims that Webster was interviewed on July 22 and admitted to downloading and storing the images.
Webster could not be reached for comment. His next court date is Aug. 25.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Mechanicsville, Virginia Kool Smiles still receiving complaints about lies, fraud, root canals, and stainless steel crowns; It’s 2011 folks! Is anyone listening to the people? Apparently not!!!!
I took this pictures in the summer of 2008, 6 months after I began hearing of these dental mills abusing children.
This is the Kool Smiles in Mechanicsville, VA. Located in a strip mall on Mechanicsville Pike.
Appears they are still using the same ole tactics; make mom feel guilty. This disgusting!!!
To see all the reports on Kool Smiles click here
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
What should mom do?
Below is an email from the mom of the child who had 9 root canals done on Thursday at Kids Dental Place in Phoenix. Now what? The child is sick and traumatized.
Tuesday August 16, 2011
Hi Deb,
My son is not doing good he now has a fever of 102 since 6:30am.
My mother and I took him to the Phoenix Children's Hospital ER department and they did not do anything.
They wanted to strap him down to look in his mouth & I refused. I explained what happened to him & they could not careless.
I do not know what is going on with these doctors! This is horrible. The doctor just refused to help & so we left!
He said there is nothing he can do since my son won't open his mouth. I am so frustrated you have no idea! The doctor literally walked out on me & told me to go back to the dentist! Who the heck does that?!?!
K
UPDATE. 8:00 CST
August 16,2011
Deb
I just got out of his pediatrician office all he did was look in his mouth & see the inflammation & drooling and he already knew. He even called the hospital and asked what happened & gave them a piece of his mind!
He said those young residents don't know what they are doing & should never put a child thru that! His fever was 104!!!
He prescribed him antibiotics for the infection. Let's hope that helps. If not he might need an IV. I feel so helpless again!
Thank you for ur kind words & all ur helo u are such a life saver I don't know what I would do if I never found ur blog!
K
Tuesday August 16, 2011
Hi Deb,
My son is not doing good he now has a fever of 102 since 6:30am.
My mother and I took him to the Phoenix Children's Hospital ER department and they did not do anything.
They wanted to strap him down to look in his mouth & I refused. I explained what happened to him & they could not careless.
I do not know what is going on with these doctors! This is horrible. The doctor just refused to help & so we left!
He said there is nothing he can do since my son won't open his mouth. I am so frustrated you have no idea! The doctor literally walked out on me & told me to go back to the dentist! Who the heck does that?!?!
K
UPDATE. 8:00 CST
August 16,2011
Deb
I just got out of his pediatrician office all he did was look in his mouth & see the inflammation & drooling and he already knew. He even called the hospital and asked what happened & gave them a piece of his mind!
He said those young residents don't know what they are doing & should never put a child thru that! His fever was 104!!!
He prescribed him antibiotics for the infection. Let's hope that helps. If not he might need an IV. I feel so helpless again!
Thank you for ur kind words & all ur helo u are such a life saver I don't know what I would do if I never found ur blog!
K