Bloomberg article on private equity firms abusing children with unnecessary and intrusive dental treatment has spurred several articles on the web

Here are some highlights:

Bloomberg – Business Week

• Dental Abuse Seen Driven by Private Equity Investments

• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-17/dental-abuse-seen-driven-by-private-equity-investments.html#disqus_thread

Deal Book – New York Times:

• Is Private Equity Contributing to Dental Abuse? Federal and state
  regulators are looking into whether dentistry companies backed by
  private equity are being encouraged to perform unnecessary procedures,
  Bloomberg News reports
  
• http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/morning-take-out-486

San Fransisco Chronicle

• Dental Abuse Seen Driven by Private Equity Exploiting Care Firms

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  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/05/17/bloomberg_articlesM42NGH1A74E901-M4596.DTL

BoingBoing 40 comments or more:

• http://boingboing.net/2012/05/17/private-equity-driven-dentists.html

Compliance Search

• Private Equity Responsible For Massive Dental Medicare Fraud, According to New Report
  by Beth Connolly on May 17, 2012
  
• http://compliancesearch.com/compliancex/private-equity-responsible-for-massive-dental-medicare-fraud-according-to-new-report/

 

Physicians for National Health Program

• Private equity investors moving into dentistry
  

• http://pnhp.org/blog/2012/05/17/private-equity-investors-moving-into-dentistry/

 

Global Post

• Private equity, profits and aggressive dentistry
  

• http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/macro/private-equity-profits-and-aggressive-dentistry

 

Watchdog Bytes

• Texas taxpayers soaked for unneeded dental work

• http://blogs.star-telegram.com/investigations/2012/05/speaking-of-texas-teeth-combine-devious-dentists-with-dubious-private-equity-firms-and-what-do-you-get-soaked-taxpayers-ac.html

Huffington Post

• Private Equity Firms Push Dentists To Detrimentally Overtreat Patients:

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/private-equity-firms-dental_n_1524342.html

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Meta Filter

 

• "The dentist man got me" (lot of comments)
  

• http://www.metafilter.com/116030/The-dentist-man-got-me

Weblog

• Dental Abuse Seen Driven by Private Equity Investments
  Munchausen by profit.
  
• http://weblog.sinteur.com/index.php/2012/05/17/dental-abuse-seen-driven-by-private-equity-investments/

Protect Quality Dental Care

• Bloomberg News on Dental Management Corporations: Patient Abuse,
  Private-Equity Funds & Medicaid Fraud - Wall Street Money Fuels Coalition Against SB655 in North Carolina
  
• http://www.protectqualitydentalcare.org/bloomberg-patient-abuse-private-equity-funds-and-medicaid-fraud-mark-dental-management-corporations/

Bangor Maine Daily News:

• Dental abuse seen driven by private equity exploiting care firms
  

• http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/20/health/dental-abuse-seen-driven-by-private-equity-exploiting-care-firms/?ref=latest

Charleston Daily Mail

• Dental service accused of abuse
  
• http://www.dailymail.com/Business/201205200102

Democratic Underground

• Now Wall Street is f**king with our teeth.......
  

• http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002707485

Summary of Twitter links:

• http://topsy.com/www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-17/dental-abuse-seen-driven-by-private-equity-investments.html

 

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American’s Dental Health is at Risk: The true crisis in dentistry

As Bloomberg reported today, Private Equity is seen as the driving force behind abusive dentistry and Medicaid fraud. Little Isaac Gagnon, is still suffering from night terror from the abuse he endured while he was supposed to be safe at school.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram followed saying Texas taxpayer are getting hosed for unneeded dental procedures which amounts to Medicaid fraud.

Byron Harris of WFAA in Dallas has been reporting about this for months.

However, it is “We The People” who are picking up the tab and enriching Private Equity firms coffers into the billions of dollars. But that is not the biggest price being paid.

The biggest price of all is the dental health of each and every American!

This is not a Medicaid patient only problem. The same driving force is behind places like Heartland, MidWest, Pacific Dental, BrightNow, Aspen Dental, Affordable Dentures, Comfort Dental and now Wal-Mart is getting in on the action. The list goes on.

1-800-Dentist Patient Shopping for Kool Smiles? Sounds like it.

These criminal are so brazen.

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