A Calgary dentist has been charged for fraudulent dental insurance claims after an investigation that began in June. The insurance provider reported the discrepancies to the police who found evidence of false billing totalling nearly $100,000 in fraudulent claims, reported The Calgary Herald. The crimes affected 53 patients from the All About Family Dental office … Read more
A B.C. woman has been sentenced to jail for 20 months for stealing nearly $150,000 from her employer Dr. Maureen Murray Dental Clinic. The dental receptionist pleaded guilty to crimes related to fraud, theft and falsifying records. One of the crimes included depositing over 200 insurance cheques for the dental clinic into her personal bank … Read more
Newcom Media Inc · Episode 9 – Protecting Your Practice From Embezzlement Read the audio transcript below: Dr. Luisa Schult (LS): Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Brush Up, presented by Oral Health Group. The dental podcast where we speak with industry experts to discuss a variety of topics such as technology, finance, and practice management. … Read more
The Liberals’ proposed dental care benefit is susceptible to fraud if verification measures aren’t put in place, Canada’s Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux warned Tuesday as the legislation is nearing a final vote in the House of Commons. Giroux was at the Senate Finance Committee to answer questions about the costing analysis of the bill, … Read more
Fraud is on the rise now more than ever in the dental industry. Usually, seven percent of dentists’ monthly revenue is embezzled, and it happens to two-thirds of all dentists, so don’t ever think it can’t happen to you. Dentists are at high risk because they are usually in the operatory all day, generating revenue … Read more
An Oklahoma man unlicensed to practice dentistry — and who attended dental school for just three days — treated dozens of patients at his office in Broken Arrow for over a year, officials told news outlets. Following his recent arrest, Tulsa County court records show Mansoor Magbool Bhatti is facing 20 counts of practicing dentistry … Read more
A southwest Missouri man who is charged with setting fire to his dental office in a scheme to collect insurance money has agreed to give up his dental license. Documents filed Dec. 10 with the Missouri Dental Board said 64-year-old Thomas Alms has surrendered his license. He was sentenced to probation in March for Medicaid … Read more
By Robert Selleck, January 17, 2012 – Dental Tribune America LITTLETON, Colo., USA: The potential for embezzlement and theft is a problem no business is immune to. And research shows that smaller businesses are more likely to experience problems than larger ones. For dental practice owners, it’s not just being small that increases risk. The … Read more
As a followup to Catherine’s post………in the era of Bernie Q. Made Off, how could anyone remain this gullible……..by the by, I have some swamp land in FLA for sale…..and one of the perpetrators was a periodontist, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more…all kidding aside, look up the Latin term, Nullius in Verba and … Read more
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David Brooks is one of my favorite columnists – he recently wrote an op-ed piece entitled Would You Run about Mark Kirk, an absolutely brilliant individual with stellar academic credentials, who’s real CV reads like something that could only be invented. In the current campaign for congressman of Illinois, he has done the unthinkable, he … Read more
By Dr. Gordon Christensen Source:DentistryIQEmbezzlement and fraud are rampant in dental practices. Here are two of the most common methods of dishonesty: 1. Patients on the day sheet should be the same as those on the appointment schedule. It is simple for an employee to drop a patient who paid cash off the day sheet, … Read more