Dr. Ralph Green of ReachOut Healthcare America into stem cells? It appears so.

Website
www.StemSave.com

Dr. Ralph Green, DDS, of Reachout Healthcare America is into stem cells these days. 

StemSave.com lists Dr. Green as part of the Business Advisory Council. This is scary to me. What is scarier, is how the following individuals hooked up and what is their real plan? Research grants?

As part of the management team, along with Dr. Ralph Green are co-founders of Stemsave -  Arthur E. Greco and Dr. Gregory Chotkowski, DMD

Dr. Ralph Green is up to his eyeballs in corruption at ReachOut Healthcare America, so when you see him involved in something, one automatically assumes if it’s not a scam now, it soon will be.

StemSave Business Advisory Council:

Dr. Ralph Green, DDS, MBA - has enjoyed an extensive and distinguished career in dentistry and business. Dr. Green received his Doctorate in Dental Surgery from the University of Iowa and his MBA from Boston University. In addition to establishing a private dental practice, Dr. Green was a faculty member of Tufts University’s Dental School as well as the Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene and currently serves as a trustee of The Forsyth Institute in Boston, MA. Dr. Green has conducted extensive research in the areas of bone growth, Implants, resins, tissue engineering and oncology. As a result of his research Dr. Green has developed and holds several patents and has successfully stewarded several devices through the FDA registration process.

In addition to his extensive experience in dentistry and research, Dr. Green has a long and successful career in business. In addition to maintaining an active private practice; Ralph Green DDS PC, Dr. Green is also the Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Reachout Healthcare America (RHA) providing healthcare services to the brave men and women serving in our country’s armed forces and serving underserved communities in twenty one states.

Prior to RHA, Dr. Green has been directly involved in numerous start up and early phase companies. Most prominently, Dr. Green was the founder of Nobel USA, the largest dental Implant company in the world today. Dr. Green invented and patented several advancements to implant technology and founded Technology Corporation of America which he later sold and is now part of BIOGEN.

More recently Dr. Green served as President of ZILA Pharmaceuticals, a division of ZILA Inc., a publicly traded company in the cancer diagnostic arena where in addition to the USA; Dr. Green successfully registered and launched the products in the United States, Europe, China and numerous other Asian countries. Dr. Green has served as the President-Elect of the Dental Manufacturers of America, the largest organization of dental industry companies. He is a member of the American Dental Association, American Association for Dental Research and the International Associations for Dental Research. He served on the Board of the Oral Health of America and presently has been one of the founders of the Arizona School for Oral Health.

Phone
877-783-6728
E-mail
Ralph@StemSave.com

Also listed on the Business Advisory Team are:

Smiles Brands, Inc. job listing appears to be retail sales position within dental care - disguise as a Patient Service Rep.

 

 

 

Patient Services Representative (Call Center)

City: Plano
State: TX
Company: Smile Brands Inc.
REQ ID: 12-0491

If you have customer service or dental experience, this is a great opportunity for you. We are currently seeking self-motivated , high energy and enthusiastic people to join our growing call center in Plano, TX.

The primary role of the Inbound Patient Services Representative will be to assist patients who need to complete dental treatment in process and schedule appointments with our dental offices.

• Assist patients with questions or concerns [treatment advice?]
• Track calls and appointments in the lead database [huh? leads?]
• Record, report and maintain patient information as required
• Achieve assigned individual and team objectives [i.e. you and your team will be required to meet quotas]
• Provide excellent customer service

Requirements

• 1+ years Customer Service experience
• Dental experience preferred [what about a doctorate of dentistry?]
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bi-lingual – Spanish
• Computer skills MS Office – Word, Excel & Outlook
• Type 35 words (minimum)
• College coursework/degree preferred
• A comprehensive benefits package is offered, which includes: Medical, Vision, Life Insurance and 401K. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job posting

Church Street Health Management bankruptcy operating report–June 2012

CSHM June Operating Report June 2012

Texas - Let the indictments begin–Dr. Michael D. Goodwin

USA v Michael D. Goodwin – Complaint August 15, 2012

USA v Michael D. Goodwin case 2-12-CR-097

 

Amarillo Orthodontist Michael Goodwin Charged in Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Michael David Goodwin is scheduled to be arraigned August 23, 2012 @ 9:30AM before Magistrate Judge Clinton Averitte.

An Amarillo orthodontist has been indicted in a Medicaid fraud scheme.

Sixty-three year-old Dr. Michael David Goodwin, who practices in Amarillo, Texas and Crown Point, Indiana, has been charged with 11 counts of health care fraud in a federal indictment.

According to Wednesday’s federal indictment, between 90 and 95 percent of Goodwin’s orthodontics’ patients were Medicaid beneficiaries.

The indictment alleges that from January 2008 through March 2011, Goodwin fraudulently billed the Texas Medicaid program for more than $2 million for services which he claimed were provided, when he knew that some services were not medically necessary, or were provided by dental assistants and no dentist or orthodontist was there to supervise.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Goodwin practiced two weeks per month at each practice, and would regularly schedule more than 100 patients per day, and intentionally scheduled large numbers of Medicaid patients for days when he was to be out of town.

Goodwin would then reportedly have dental assistants perform impermissible acts such as comprehensive examinations, diagnoses, and treatment planning for Medicaid patients, knowing that only licensed dentists were permitted to perform those services.

He then allegedly billed Medicaid as the performing provider for all services.

The indictment also asserts that he had his employees submit forms that fraudulently stated that some patients had a medical need for braces, when they actually were for cosmetic purposes only. Goodwin also supposedly hired substitute general dentists that were not enrolled Medicaid providers.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says that Medicaid patients were not treated equally, as Goodwin personally examined patients who paid cash for their treatment, while he reportedly only examined Medicaid patients every third appointment or less.

Each health care fraud count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, if convicted. Goodwin could also be required to forfeit more than $1,558,000, as well as the more than $244,000 seized in May and July 2011 from Goodwin’s accounts.

JP Morgan Chase v Michael D. Goodwin, Patricia Goodwin and Chenoa Texas, LLC  – Complaint March 6,  2012
    Summons in JPMC v Goodwin March 6, 2012
    Joint Settlement Conference Report August 3, 2012

Attention Dental Board Directors and Investigators

If you don't have enough sense to call your Attorney General's office and find out who and where to refer criminal dentists, please do the public a favor and get the hell out of the office, go home, find a nice rocking chair and stop stealing taxpayer dollars going to work everyday and drawing a paycheck, you are useless!!

It's your damn job to know where to refer the criminals! If the AG's office is calling you for information you know you can't handle the job, so do they.


You have to ask questions, run down leads, check thing out, etc..to investigate! You also must have a working brain! You are in way over your head, get out now!

If you are too big of an idiot to do something as simple as make a phone call, how do you find your way to your office everyday? No, the missing pet division at the humane society can't use you either.

To the idiot Governor who appointed you, if keeping criminal dentists on the street was your goal, job well done!! Maybe a PET scan to ensure a working brain should be done before appointments to the board. Clearly, breathing is not a sign of intelligence.

Birner Dental - Perfect Teeth

If I owned stock in Birner's Perfect Teeth I'd unload it ASAP. Especially if I were an employee and has purchased stock, you might be holding a big bag of nothing!

This is an excerpt from today's report to their shareholders:

For the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012, revenue was negatively impacted by a decrease in the number of patient visits in the offices relative to the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011. Additionally, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012, patients accepted less expensive treatment relative to the prior periods. The Company believes this is due to a general weakness in the economy in its markets.

From an employee's perspective:

The offices were negatively impacted by poor dentist/management relations due to poor management decisions. This is especially true in light of their "Dental $34 Special", which has flooded the clinics with low pay patients that don't have the money for extensive treatment due to years of neglect from not seeing a dentist. The special was only to last for a few months last fall but has continued to this day as a promotional tool that only fills the schedule with low pay or non-pay patients...go figure..

Oh and their debt rose by $1 million.

Brooklyn dentist arrested for what is standard procedure in Texas–Patient Recruiting

Brooklyn dentist admits fraud in Medicaid probe

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 4:19 PM CDT Updated: Aug 13, 2012 4:19 PM CDT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York authorities say a Brooklyn dentist has pleaded guilty to fraud, admitting he paid recruiters to solicit homeless Medicaid patients with cash.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli say dentist Lawrence J. Bruckner of Plainview has also admitted failing to pay taxes on payments he received from other dentists who worked at his clinics.

They say the 62-year-old Bruckner is expected to pay nearly $700,000 in restitution and face jail time.

Sentencing is set for November in Kings County Court, where his company, Premier Dental PC, entered guilty pleas to grand larceny and violating social services law.

Investigators say Bruckner submitted hundreds of false claims to the Medicaid program.

Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/19266705/brooklyn-dentist-admits-fraud-in-medicaid-probe?clienttype=printable#ixzz23ZJ0WrEH

 

All About Dentistry snatches children off the streets

New Hampshire dentist arrested for assault

This just bothers me, mainly because the real child assaults in dental offices go unpublished and unpunished!

Patch.com

Windham resident John Bassett turned himself in to police Monday after a warrant was issued for an alleged assault on a child at his Salem, N.H. office in May.

Bassett, 63, operates a dental practice at 32 Stiles Road. He was charged with one count of simple assault and released on $1,000 personal recognizance.

According to police, they received a report on May 18 at about 2:15 p.m. from a a mother that her 8-year-old son was touching some glass jars on a counter that held dentistry equipment during a follow-up appointment at Bassett's office.

Police said the boy opened the lid to one of the jars and started pulling out gauze.

According to the child's mother, Bassett yelled, "We don't do that here!" and slapped the boy on the back with an open hand.

Immediately, police said the mother grabbed her son and left the office. Outside, she found a large, red welt and the shape of a hand on his back. Police said they photographed the injury and returned home.

Salem detectives conducted a follow-up investigation and determined an assault had taken place. An arrest warrant was issued, charging Bassett with a Class A misdemeanor.

ReachOut Healthcare America–Big Smiles Mobile Dental Clinics are a danger to public health! Another example!

 

ReachOut Healthcare America under fire again. When will those who can, do something?

Though no name of the company operating the mobile dental clinic is mention, it is ReachOut Healthcare America, based in Farmington, MI.

ReachOut Healthcare America is under investigation by Senator Charles Grassley’s office. (see letters Sen. Grassley has sent to ReachOut on the right)

If you work or have worked for ReachOut Healthcare America and do nothing to protect people like Andrew in this story, or little Isaac in Arizona it’s your duty to speak out. Please do so, everyday children, the handicapped and the elderly are being abused! Do something! I beg of you!

To WOOD – TV News 8:

What was the point of this story by WOOD-TV News 8 if they wouldn’t mention the name of the company?  Why did News 8 leave the investigation of this company out of the story? It’s your duty as well to warn the public that a company owned by Morgan Stanley is doing this to the most vulnerable people in America.

If I weren’t posting the name, right here, right now, no one would have a clue what company did this to Andrew. For God’s sake people, wake the hell up, get off your butts and speak up!

Transitions Dental Company–Sham and Scam?

Transitions Dental Company (TDC) presents itself to be a company that will help dentists own their own clinics. It’s website says –

Graduate>>Employee>>Owner

However, I think it’s another whack-a-doodle” company; the new grad being the “doodle”. I can’t find where any clinic they list on their website has ever been owned by anyone other than Transitions Dental Company.  So “Graduate Beware”, you won’t make it past “employee”!

I believe it is a scam company operated by three couples - The Kruegers, The Meldrums and The Mitchells. I say this, first,  because they have recycled the following business names several times since Transition Dental registered to do business in Indiana in 2005, and not once has the ownership ever left that of Transitions Dental Company. Second, the three couple are the “owners” “the corporate operators” and the “regional managers”.

Alpine Woods Family Dental – Frankfort, IN
Crest View Family Dental – Bloomington, IN
Fair Oaks Creek Family Dental – Columbus, IN
Glenbrook Family Dentistry – Fort Wayne, IN
Highland Creek Family Dental - Lafayette, IN
Lakeland Creek Family Dental - Merrillville, IN
Maple Creek Family Dental - Kokomo, IN
Sagamore Meadows Family Dental - West Lafayette, IN
Scatterfield Meadows Family Dental – Anderson, IN
Silhavy Creek Family Dental – Valparaiso, IN
Stoney Creek Family Dental – Muncie, IN
University Meadows Family Dental, Mishawaka, IN

 

About the company:

Transitions Dental Company
200 Kingston Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47906
765-807-0580
Established 2005

 

Founders and Officers:

Daniel W. Krueger Owner – President
Karri Krueger  Owner – SVP
Brad T. Meldrum – SVP (banker)
Penny Meldrum – Corporate Secretary since 2005 according to bio ( wife of Brad)
James Pruitt – Executive Office Assistant

Team:

Lisa Mitchell – Southern Regional Manager (wife of Neal)
Neal Mitchell – Northern Regional Manager (husband of Lisa)
Natalie Odel – Regional Manager
Danielle Greives – Re-Care Trainer
Tricia French – Expanded Functions Dental Assistant Trainer
Diego Calderon – IT Manager
Abdur Razzak – IT Technician