Ocean Dental in OKC Now Star Dental?

Apparently Ocean Dental located at 47 NE 23RD OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73105 has changed its name to Star Dental.

We all know when a company changes its name its because they are not very proud of the reputation they have using the former name.  Voila, re-branding!  

While looking into a very disturbing report on one of their dentists, Megann W. Scott, DDS, I noticed when I searched the address above Star Dental showed up in the results.  Same when searching the phone number to Star Dental.


In checking the Secretary of State's website I searched Star Dental and was given Ocean Dental PC -  # 2200711131.  Looking at the address "street" view you can see the signage as Ocean Dental and those maps are usually a few years old, so I'm guessing Star Dental is the new and improved, less filling and better tasting Ocean Dental.  




Star Dental, Ocean Dental, whatever they want to call it, this dental mill is still owned and operated by the same slimball, Chad Hoecker, DDS.
 

Deputy Inspector General, Perez, Testimony Before US House of Representative; Wast, Fraud and Abuse Still A Major Problem For Medicare and Medicaid

March 2, 2011

Omar Perez testified before the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittee  on Oversight and Investigations.

FORBA now known as Church Street Health Management and their Small Smiles Dental Centers is included,yet again, in another congressional testimony.  

My guess is this is not the last time either. 

By reading comments here and elsewhere sounds to me like Church Street Health Management have an "Operation" of their own, something kind of like "Operation Bite Me".


Read his full testimony here

More on Operation Bite Back

What does your tax dollar, Small Smiles dental centers and Tennessee’s Speaker of the House have in common?

 

Check-Up PAC

Rep. Beth Harwell, (R-TN) created Harwell PAC asked supporters to help fund her bid for Speaker of the House in Tennessee and FORBA/Church Street Health Management stepped in to help out.  Money raised by Harwell PAC were used to gain favors with fellow Republican Caucus members by making donations from the PAC to their campaigns. 

How you ask and what the hell is Check-Up PAC?

Money from 46 different Small Smiles dental clinics were spent on various other political campaigns.  A whopping $7500 was spent on an inaugural party for current Tennessee Governor, Bill Haslam.  Click here to see the pictures from the party you paid for but didn’t get to attend.

Remember that your tax dollars, all from states other than Tennessee help fund this shindig.  

Yes it’s a bit more complicated than that.  Your tax dollar made a few stops along the way before it ended up in Governor Haslam’s party coffers.

But, shoot, this ain’t nothing compared to the Football Stadium and multi-million dollar homes you bought for the DeRose and Padula’s of Pueblo, Colorado. 

Now it just happens to filter through Colorado and back to Tennessee to support the Michael Lindleys, Alfred Greens and the Todd Cruses of the world, just before it heads over to Bahrain of course.

I don’t know much about campaign laws, and don’t care to figure it out.  But something seems wrong when one company pulls money from all their very own pockets and pass the smell test of campaign finance laws.   I think this is the thing the Supreme Court decided last fall, which was so damn wrong in my opinion, for reasons such as this.

I notice they limited the pull from each of their own clinics to $1000.00.  What about their fake owners, such as Randy Ellis, Jodi Kuhn, Karen Chu, do they know they fake contributed to Check-Up PAC.  That answer would be no, since I’m sure they are allowed anywhere near their center’s checkbook!

This is just how it is, and the reason laws don’t get enforced (Kentucky, for one)  and other laws get changed in favor of crooks (Kansas).

You the people have no say whatsoever.

 

Check-Up PAC 3rd Quarter 2010 Report

Check-Up PAC Pre-General Election Report

Check-Up PAC 4th Quarter 2010 Report

Tennessee Campaign Financing Search

What is a PAC and how do I get one

Small Smiles looking for "Moonlighting" Oral Surgeons -

Pray!

Oral Surgeon

Church Street Health Management - Albany, NY 12201

Now Hiring Oral Surgeons for dental centers nationwide. We recognize you have elite, specialized training and experience, and we have immediate moonlighting and part-time opportunities. Flexible scheduling, generous compensation, and a chance to supplement your current practice with a built in referral source and patient follow up. $5,000 referral bonus available. Please call or email today at specialists@cshm.com  877-860-9939.

kim@brentwoodcommunications.com

This probably explains the need for these two jobs that popped up on the Internet last night:

In house Attorney and Legal Assistant

Kansas House Bill To Allow Expanded Functions for Hygienists Apprears Dead

Kansas Health Institute reports HB 2280 to allow for expanded functions for dental hygienists is dead.   No big surprise here after lawmakers decided to let corporate dental mills to operate in the state last week.  There is a lot of controversy on this issue, each side having legitimate points.  But I feel the controversy probably wasn't the issue on this one, it was corporate dentistry being allowed to come out of the shadows and set up shop in Kansas.  Corporate dental companies have deep pockets and lots of money to spread around.  Of course they do,  it's taxpayer money they are spreading since most of the money flowing into the coffers is Medicaid dollars, your tax dollars. 

Anyone want to bet some conversations somewhere talked about  NOT allowing hygienists to have expanded functions, to make Comfort Dental happy?  Maybe Comfort Dental twisted more than a few arms to make sure HB 2208 died.  I wonder if those dentists who opposed expanded services for hygienists wish they had taken another stance, now they have corporate dental mills rolling in.  I bet they think the mills won't cut into their income since they will treat mostly the poor, so far that's not the way it's played out in other states.  I guess we will all see won't we.  I know one thing, I would rather a skilled plumber provide my dental care than a dentist under the thumb of some CEO who needs a new jet.  What about you?

By Mike Shields
KHI News Service
Originally published Feb. 17, 2011 at 9:07 p.m., updated Feb. 18, 2011 at 1:52 p.m.

TOPEKA — A controversial bill to allow specially trained dental hygienists to provide more tooth care to patients was heard today in the House Health and Human Services Committee.

But that may be the end of it for this year. House Bill 2280 will not be voted upon by the committee, the chairperson said following the hearing, which was split into two sessions, the second ending about 7:30 p.m.

"It's the first year for it. There's lots of questions, lots of concerns," about the proposal, said Rep. Brenda Landwehr, a Wichita Republican.

Her decision to hold the bill is a setback for its proponents because of looming legislative deadlines that limit ways they now can push the measure forward.  The bill, sought by a coalition that includes children's advocates and the state's 39 safety-net clinics, met stiff opposition from Kansas dentists.

New provider class

It would create a new class of dental care provider called a Registered Dental Practitioner. Already licensed hygienists with an additional 18 months of focused training could qualify for the new license, should the bill become law.

Supporters said the new "mid-level practitioners," would...  more

Lawmakers Calling For More Oversight in VA Dental Clinic

If they just would get as passionate about the children being exposed to the exact same issues at the Medicaid Dental mills spread all over Ohio.  While they are at it, REPLACE YOUR DENTAL BOARD AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, they suck!

By Joanne Huist Smith, Staff Writer Updated 10:15 AM Thursday, February 17, 2011

DAYTON — Three Dayton area congressmen are calling for an investigation into the lack of oversight that allowed a dentist at a Dayton VA Medical Center clinic to violate medical standards for nearly two decades, potentially exposing hundreds of veterans to blood-borne pathogens.

On Wednesday, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio; Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio; and Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, urging him to order a review of oversight practices at the Dayton VA.

“The fact that our veterans could have been exposed to infection, let alone over the past 18 years, without any intervention from supervisors at the Dayton VA is outrageous,” Turner said.

“Secretary Shinseki must take steps towards righting this wrong.”

The VA has identified at least 535 former patients who may have been exposed to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.  more

WHIO-TV Video Report

Dayton ABC Story- Video Included

Doctors, Nurses, Health Care Company Owners and Executives Among the Defendants Charged; Law Enforcement Agents Execute 16 Search Warrants Oooops

Medicare fraud cost taxpayers $90 Billion a year

Fund Raiser To Help Devastated Family With Burial Costs

Marissa Kingery was just 13 years old when she passed away on January 3rd, 2011 after complication from oral surgery.   Marissa slipped into a coma and became unresponsive on December 21, 2010.

I urge everyone to make a donation.  This family is suffering trying to cope with such a loss.  If we can help to remove financial worries, we, at the very least, should do that along with our continued prayers.

Below is information on a fundraiser being organized by her uncle.

The Warthogs Motorcycle Club's primary goal is to develop a bond between Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and Officers of the court, to assist Officers and Firefighters in their time of need and to assist the orphans and widows of those who lost their lives in the line of duty. 

However on Sunday, March 27, 2011 the Brook Park, Ohio Chapter of the Warthogs is sponsoring  a benefit dinner and fund raiser at The American Legion Post in Brook Park, Ohio.

Details:

Date: Sunday March 27, 2011

Time:  2pm to 6pm
50/50 & Chinese Raffle

Location: The American Legion Post 610
19944 Sheldon Rd.
Brook Park, Ohio 44142
Click here for map

You many also make donations at any area:
 Huntington Bank
or mail to:
Warthogs Motorcycle Club
10113 Valley Forge Dr. Parma Hts. Ohio, 44130
Make checks or money orders payable to:

Warthogs Motorcycle Club of Brook Park
in memo area please add
"In Memory of Marissa Kingery"  

You may contact Mark or Dave for further information:

 Mark (Zebra) Zebraski (Marissa's uncle) (216) 408-8194
 Dave (Shiek) Fadil at (440) 785-3832 
Thank you,
Mark (Zebra) Zebraski.

The Warthogs have chapters in the US, Canada and Norway.

Small Smiles Free Screenings In February

I've been watching this all month and it's just a bit ridiculous. 

They announce they are offering free dental screening on February 16 at 7:20 am that will be held on February 16, between 9 and 11am.  Think they really want children to show up for the free screenings?

Of course not.  It's just to have their name out there and the word free attached to give the illusion they are doing something good.

Today's example  KKTV

Mostly it's announced the night before with a foot note to call for an appointment or some stupid thing as that.  No they really don't want to give free screening and it's likely they are booked solid that day anyway and would crap if about 50 people showed up.  Let me say, they are NOT sitting there with no appointments for two hours waiting for parents to bring in their children.

Anyone want to make any bets there will be a clip on the evening news tonight on the wonders of Small Smiles dental in the Springs?