Today Lady Gaga's DJ, Richard Roles, is tweeting about “Raven’s Song” Thank you @BUMSQUADDJZ!

Over 25 children participated in the "Inspire a Nation, Save a Child" project. The track, Guardian Angel "Raven's Song", written by Michael "Magnedo7" Crawford and his wife Shameia Crawford in memory of little Raven Maria Blanco, is dedicated to all of the world's lost little angels.

It is now available to purchase on several music outlets including iTunes: Guardian Angel -- "Raven's Song" This version of the song and the Video were produced by Alisha "M'jestie" Brooks and was Directed by Visually Inklined. Purchase this song on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/guardian-angel-ravens-song/id497280283?i=497...
Raven died in 2007 due to complications from a medical emergency during a routine dental visit. 19 Children have died since 2007. Please help us spread awareness, so another family does not have to go through what ours did... http://www.rmbfinc.org

Learn more about protecting pediatric dental patients: http://www.rmbfinc.org

Remembering Marrisa

It was one year ago today that Marrisa Kingery went to Dr. Henry Mazorow of Lorain, Ohio and days later became the second patient killed by his irresponsible behavior.. Earlier this year, Dr. Mazorow’s insurance company settled with Marissa’s family for $1M.

Pictured is Marissa and her still grieving grandmother, Mona.
Think of them today.

Could Texas Medicaid Dental Program Suck Anymore? Yes.

Just saying…

Big Changes in Medicaid Dental Coverage Could Mean Increased Wait Time 3/1/12

Shelley Childers
CBS 7 News
schilders@cbs7.com
March 1, 2012
ODESSA, TX - Big changes to the Medicaid dental program may mean some children in West Texas have to wait even longer to get treatment.
It's a change that came with very little warning or information from the Medicaid program.
Now it has pediatric dentists across the state scrambling to help their patients maintain their appointments.
"It was a very bad day for pediatric dentists across the state because we do serve the Medicaid population and a lot of patients went without being seen today," said Dr. Joel Edwards, the only pediatric dentist in Odessa who serves Medicaid patients.
He says Medicaid patients went without being seen because of big changes to their insurance coverage that all took effect Thursday.
For years Medicaid dental insurance was a state run program, but now it's being handed over to three different insurance companies Delta Dental, DentaQuest and MCNA Dental.

 

Yes, Senator, there is a crisis alright!

U.S. Senator puts spotlight on country's oral health crisis

By Mary Otto, DrBicuspid.com contributing writer

March 1, 2012 -- The witnesses called to testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee February 29 brought stories of unmet dental needs across the country.

And Vermont Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT), who called the hearing, said he had stories of his own -- some 1,200 of them, gathered from his constituents and other Americans. They were personal accounts, Sanders said, of the struggles that poor, elderly, and working Americans face trying to find and pay for dental care.

"We are in the midst of a dental crisis in America," said Sanders, who chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging and released a report to coincide with the hearing. "More than 47 million people live in places where it is difficult to get dental care. We don't have enough providers to serve all of those in need."

The hearing was called to explore the problems with the high cost of care and the lack of access to it, Sanders noted. The witnesses included oral health experts with sobering statistics and providers who said they had found innovative ways of reaching poor and underserved people within their communities.

“We are in the midst of a dental crisis in America.”
— Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)

The lack of access comes at a high cost, not just in human suffering but in tens of millions of misspent state health care dollars, said Shelley Gehshan, director of the Pew Children's Dental Campaign. She cited a Pew study released this week that estimated that preventable dental conditions were the primary diagnosis in more than 830,000 emergency room visits in 2009, a 16% increase over 2006.

Read the complete article at Dr. Bicuspid

Grassley Seeks Information on State Rate-setting for Medicaid Managed Care Plans

http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=39308

For Immediate Release
March 1, 2012

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has asked each state for information to help determine whether the states and the federal government are conducting enough oversight of their rate-setting for Medicaid managed care plans. 
“In light of the billions of dollars already spent on Medicaid, including managed care, and the planned expansion of Medicaid, it’s important to look at whether states are setting their managed care payment rates appropriately and in keeping with federal law,” Grassley said. “If the payment rates are out of whack, and scrutiny is lacking, Medicaid money could be ill-spent to the detriment of vulnerable beneficiaries and the taxpayers.

CSHM-Small Smiles Dental Unsecured Creditors Committee

The unsecured creditors meeting in the bankruptcy of Church Street Health Management had their first meeting today.  The committee appointed Jim Moriarty of Moriarty-Leyendecker law firm in Houson, Texas as thier Chairman. 

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz,  law firm in Nashville, Tennessee was chosen to be the counsel for the committee.

See the Appointment and Notice of Appointment Committee here

Senior Mobile Dental - Licensed Dental Hygiene Care

Senior Mobile Dental

Seniormobiledental.com and .org– website true owner hidden

Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0117132607,   seniormobiledental.com@contactprivacy.com
    96 Mowat Ave
    Toronto, ON M6K 3M1
    CA +1.4165385457

Website says found is – Patricia Michelle Noblet – Vacha 

Senior Mobile Dental – Colorado Secretary of State:

20071451146 – Filed 9-16-2009 True name - Dental Hygiene Professionals. Michelle P. Vacha 2604 Flintridge Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80918 

2010163317 – Filed 10-12-2010 True name – Licensed Dental Hygiene Care. P. Michelle Vacha 2604 Flintridge Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Licensed Dental Hygiene Care dba -Senior Mobile Dental. Logo registration in Colorado – Senior Mobile Dental with a toothbrush and swirl of toothpaste. Patricia Vacha 2604 Flintridge Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80918.

Licensed Dental Hygiene Care – Patricia Michelle Vacha and Michael David Vacha. Date of Non-Profit incorporation 7-27-2006.

Executive Director – Patricia Michelle Vacha, RDS
President – Dr. Sandra Swing, DDS 5410 Powers Center Point,Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Vice President – Nicole Spurgeon CDS 3860 Half Turn Road, Colorado Springs, CO. 80917
Secretary – Grace Wolf Trujillo E.D.D.A 6465 McNichols Ct., Colorado Springs, CO  80918
Treasurer – Tammi Moore, Accountant 8235 Chochise Rd. Colorado Springs, CO. 80908
Member -  Dr. Kenneth Pollary, DDS 5815 Mesa Mtn. Way, Colorado Springs, CO  80923
Member - Sherri Thompson, RN 2955 Leoti Dr. Colorado Springs, CO  80922

Texas dental centers recruiters solicit Medicaid patients outside food stamp offices promising ipods and more

 

 

WFAA
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 10:03 PM
Updated yesterday at 10:49 PM

NEWS 8 INVESTIGATES

Thousands of kids get free dental care under Medicaid in Texas. Texas taxpayers foot the bill, including putting crowns on the teeth of toddlers who don't yet have their permanent teeth.

A News 8 investigation finds that some dentists want that Medicaid business so badly, they hire recruiters to bring in patients.

At a Texas Health and Human Services Office on Masters Road near Dallas, a man quietly stands in the parking lot, waiting for mothers who've just received food stamps to emerge from the waiting room.

He is a recruiter. He's handing out cards for Happy Teeth Dental, just two doors down in the same complex.

At another HHS office across town, two women also wait for new food stamp recipients. They're handing out cards for Lancaster Dental a few miles away.

And at another HHS office just up the road, Bear Creek Family Dentistry has a small kiosk set up to recruit new patients.

WANTED - Kool Smiles Dental Centers Pictures

If you have a Kool Smiles near you, I’d very much appreciate if you would stop by and take a picture of their front door and send it to me.

Thanks!

David Milton Lewis, DDS- Barred from practicing dentistry until allegations are resolved. He’s accused of unnecessary root canals and offering rewards for referrals!

Board accuses Sacramento dentist of unnecessary work

By Darrell Smith
dvsmith@sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee
By Darrell Smith
Published: Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 - 12:00 am
Last Modified: Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 - 11:20 am

A Sacramento dentist has been suspended by the Dental Board of California on allegations of performing unneeded root canals and fillings on the healthy teeth of at least 17 of his patients and collecting insurance payments for work he did not do.

David Milton Lewis was barred by the state board from performing dentistry until the case against him is resolved, officials said.

In addition to causing damage to patients' healthy teeth, the board alleged Lewis submitted numerous bogus insurance claims and offered cash rewards to United Parcel Service employees for referrals.

According to allegations filed by the dental board, Lewis targeted UPS employees because Delta Health Systems, the firm's dental insurer, covered 100 percent of dental treatments with no maximum payment or co- payment.

According to board filings, insurance investigators believe Lewis began performing the unnecessary work as the recession worsened in 2008, with claims soaring from an average of $154,000 a year before 2009 to about $870,000 per year afterward.

A hearing is pending against Lewis, who has a practice at 4350 Marconi Ave.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/29/4299094/board-accuses-sacramento-dentist.html#storylink=cpy

Parents complaining about Kool Smiles Dental and have been for years I might add–socks over their hands, tied down and blindfolded.

This is the crap you get when you get Private Equity firms, or as I call them, “Lenders for Criminals” are involved in medical care. It’s about the bottom line, not whether treatment is needed, nor is it delivered in professionally acceptable standards!! It’s illegal on so many levels and so far, we’ve not seen an Attorney General with the balls to stop it!

Hey, all you AG’s out there, I’ve got a back up set I’ll loan you! Give me a call! 
Pro8News

Parents Complain About Kool Smiles
By KGNS News

Story Created: Feb 28, 2012 at 10:12 PM CST
Story Updated: Feb 29, 2012
A dental office with a local branch could be in a lot of trouble.
Parents complained about what they call ‘unprofessional treatment’ their children received at Kool Smiles.

They described their kids having their hands covered with socks and tied up while a dental procedure was being done.
[I suppose this is somehow deemed better than Dr. Steven Adair’s Superman Cape idea!]
Some even complained of having procedures done without the proper sedatives.
[I’ve been told over the years, when giving nitrous, they only turn on the oxygen to give the appearance of giving nitrous to parents, bill for nitrous but save on nitrous.  I’d like an audit of amount of Nitrous billed and the amount of Nitrous purchased at each clinic!]
Now a San Antonio law firm says all Kool Smiles locations in south Texas are being investigated.

Feds link orthodontist to Medicaid fraud scheme

By BOBBY CERVANTES amarillo.com Copyright 2012 Amarillo Globe-News. All rights reserved.

February 29, 2012 - 12:18am

Feds link orthodontist to Medicaid fraud scheme

bobby.cervantes@amarillo.com

Patients and former employees likened the Amarillo Medicaid fraud scheme to “herding cattle.”

Amarillo orthodontist Dr. Michael Goodwin scheduled up to 400 Medicaid patients a day and frequently billed the government for work he never performed, according to court records.

In late May and early July, authorities seized $244,235.67 from five JP Morgan Chase commercial and personal bank accounts associated with Goodwin, his wife and his business.

Goodwin billed the government a total of $1.67 million in fraudulent claims from April 2008 to April 2011, according to a federal forfeiture complaint the government filed Monday seeking to keep the seized money.

Goodwin, who also has an office in Indiana, has not been charged with a crime. His Amarillo office at 3629 Wolfin Ave. was closed Tuesday and messages were not immediately returned.

Goodwin and his wife, Patricia, did not file a claim to the seized money, according to the complaint.

Florida State Congressman Michael Bileca drowning in dental companies. He’s a CPA, not a DMD!

What would a Florida State Representative have his name on so many dental companies? Congressman Bileca is on the following either as a member of the LLC, Executive of the Corporation or the Registered Agent. He’s also the treasurer of the Dental Group Practice Association, that nasty little group whose goal is convince Private Equity firms to invest their every last dollar in corporate dentistry as they have defined it.  (FFL seems to be a huge sucker for this one, or they run DGPA..hmmm)

Among the odd things on this list, is there are ONLY dental companies. Not, lawn care companies, not roofing companies, not your general smorgasbord of companies one would expect if he were just their “registered agent”.
Got a complaint about this; don’t write your state representative, he knows all about it.  Contact the Florida State Dental Board:
Department of Health Board of Dentistry
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Bin C-08
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3258
Phone: (850) 488-0595
Fax: (850) 921-5389

Dentist gets plea deal in Medicaid fraud case | The News Journal | delawareonline.com

 

WILMINGTON -- Prominent Wilmington dentist Marieve O. Rodriguez admitted to 10 misdemeanor counts of filing false Medicaid reports on Monday in exchange for state prosecutors dropping 19 felony counts of health care fraud.

Rodriguez will also pay a $100,000 fine, repay $72,000 to the state's Medicaid program and $50,000 to cover the costs of prosecution.

The case against the operator of Gentle Care Family Dentistry on Gilpin Avenue in the city had been scheduled to go to trial this week.

Shortly after the charges were filed against her in August 2010, Rodriguez was allowed to keep operating her practice, though her ability to prescribe medications was suspended by state regulators. Under the terms of the plea deal, Rodriguez will now have to close the practice and will lose her license for at least a year.

What does Michael Dell and Kool Smiles Dental have in common?

Dentistry, that’s what. Dental Care Partners to be exact. Scary! What’s scarier?  Having a Florida State Representative up to his neck in the corruption of Private Equity owned and operated dental clinics!

Dental Group Practice Association (DPGA)f/k/a National Dental Practice Management Association (NDPAM)
OHIO

Founded 5-14-2007
Sole Incorporator – David Slezak
Founding Members:

Affordable Care – G. Timothy Pate

Allied Dental – Edward B. Poller, DDS

Aspen Dental – Robert A. Fontana

Bright Now – Steven C. Bill

Dental Care Alliance – Steven R. Matzkin

Dental Care Partners – Douglas W. Brown*

Dental One – founder R. Kirk Huntsman with Dr. Edward Meckler and Doug Brown*

Gentle Dental – John Steinburn

Great Expressions – Richard Beckman

(which is the same address as ReachOut Healthcare Mobile Dentists 

Great Expressions 25882 Orchard Lake Road Farmington Hills, Michigan 48336 )

Heartland Dental – Rick Workman*

Midwest Dental – Jeff Moos (Friedman Fleischer & Lowe (FFL)

Pacific Dental Stephen Thorne IV*
Town Care Dental – Michael S. Bileca*
*Officers of DGPA

The Players
David G. Slezak – Sole Incorporator of (DGPA) (non-profit) May 14, 2007
2008- Present VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Dental One Partners, Inc.
2003 – 2008 VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Dental Care Partners, Inc.

Bankrupt Small Smiles Holdings, LLC list of 1205 Creditors

• A. J. RIGGINS HEALTH SEARCH LLC
• AARON & SANDERS, PLLC
• ADIRONDACK CABLING INC.
• ADVENTURE 3 PROPERTIES LP
• ADVOCATE NETWORKS LLC
• ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL
• ALFRED SMITH
• ALFRED SMITH
• ALFRED SMITH
• ALTAIR DATA RESOURCES INC.

• ALTAIR DATA RESOURCES, INC.
• ALVAREZ & MARSAL
• AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER
• AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER
• AMERI-FORCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
• AMERICAN CAPITAL
• AMERICAN CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
• AMERICAN CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
• AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD.
• ANGELA CRAWFORD
• APPLIANCE THERAPY GROUP
• APPLIANCE THERAPY GROUP
• ARAMARK UNIFORM - SYRACUSE 308
• ARCAPITA INC.
• ARCAPITA INC. AND AT&T SERVICE AGREEMENT
• ARES CAPITAL
• ARES CAPITAL
• ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL
• ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
• ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A.
• AT&T CORP
• AUTONOMY INC.
• AUTONOMY INC.
• AVERY CROSSWHITE
• AVERY CROSSWHITE
• AXIS DIRECT INC.

See the Rest of the list here

Local Dentist Allegedly Caught Doing Drugs Before Treating Patients « CBS Pittsburgh

Local Dentist Allegedly Caught Doing Drugs Before Treating Patients « CBS Pittsburgh

February 23, 2012 7:34 PM

EDGEWOOD PA (KDKA) — The KDKA Investigators have uncovered charges against a local dentist.

Police arrested 52-year-old Dr. Anthony Monteleone on Wednesday in the back parking lot of his office.

They say he was caught snorting lines of suspected cocaine and then going inside Katsur Dental and Orthodontics in Edgewood to treat his patients.

Undercover agents grabbed Monteleone after they witnessed him using what appeared to be cocaine.

“There was a police officer observing what appeared to be drug use,” Edgewood Police Chief Robert Payne said. “It was outside the car.”

Chief Payne, who made the arrest, asked Dr. Monteleone if he had a problem. The doctor, according to the criminal complaint, admitted to using marijuana, Xanax and cocaine.

“He admitted using various drugs over a period of time,” Monteleone said.

Edgewood police acted immediately on a complaint filed Wednesday morning by a witness who alleged Dr. Monteleone was using cocaine and then going back to work on patients.

“We need to protect those people that are certainly patients coming over and expecting to get service from someone who isn’t impaired,” Payne said.

Police found Xanax and a small amount of Marijuana in Dr. Monteleone’s car.

“People are going to doctors and dentists and expecting to have someone work on them that isn’t under the influence of drugs or impaired in any fashion,” Payne said.

Monteleone is charged with possession of a controlled substance and disorderly conduct. KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin reports a check of Monteleone’s criminal history revealed prior drug charges, tax evasion charges and conspiracy charges.

Kool Smiles buying up “complaint” referenced domain names.

http://whois.domaintools.com/complaintkoolsmiles.org

Looks like Kool Smiles is preparing for war. Note NCDR,LLC owns approximately 225 other domains! 

C’mom…that’s funny!

Funniest part is the contract email address:

Not so, “private registration”…

Dentist charged with fighting elderly patient

Dentist arrested after brawl with 80 year old woman!

msnbc video: Dentist charged with fighting elderly patient

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Dental Dreams moving into South Carolina under the name–Family Dental

Dental Dreams has opened 3 clinic in SC under the name Family Dental. I suppose they are poised and ready to take former Small Smiles employees and patients, especially since it is right across the street.

Fraud is a renewable resource, I'm reminded. Family Dental is in Greenville, Rock Hill and Columbia. All are staffed with foreign dentist as the other mills. These folks have to go to work somewhere or go back to the mother land. Sad they have gotten into such a pickle.

Family Dental Locations;

6134 White Horse Rd / Greenville
2022 Cherry Rd, / Rock Hill
2941 Two Notch Rd/ Columbia (just across the road from Small Smiles Dental Center)