Dental Management Company Pays $24M Settlement

Dental management company settles pediatric dentirsy billing lawsuitsThe largest dental management company in the US is paying $24 million to settle claims of Medicaid fraud.

Forba Holdings LLC owns 68 "Small Smiles" dental clinics where pediatric dentists serve half a million low-income children in 22 states.

According to the Justice Department, the clinics filed claims for unnecessary pediatric dentistry – including so-called "baby root canals" and other possibly risky procedures.

Forba has agreed to pay $24 million to settle the lawsuits, but did not admit wrongdoing. Their clinics remain open, still providing dentistry for children, though the dental management company will add precautions against future Medicaid fraud.

Of course there's a pediatric dentist here and there who's unscrupulous… but a dental practice management company with chronic billing "inconsistencies"?!? Not a good sign.

Read more: Forba Settles Suits Over Unneeded Child Dental Work

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  • Laura Conrad

    I just got done watching my DVR recording of the Small Smiles dental “clinics” piece, and I am so level 10 angry at these “clinicians”. I believe the District Attorneys Office should consider prosecuting these people for the child abuse. My primary concern is not money so the 24 million settlement is not really impressive. What I think these evil humans deserve? What any child abuser deserves true punishment for their crime.
    The children are the witnesses, and the previous employees also admit to the torture. The real icing on the cake was not the ruined smiles, the screaming children strapped down, nor permenant pain they will suffer from being victimized by these “trusted helpers” and their abuse. The thing that really sent me over the edge with rage at what has happened, was the viewing of the meeting the staff had prior to the start of the day. I am so horrified to hear the man speak of sales numbers and pulling their numbers up to compete with the company stats better. The meeting was a sales meeting…but they are clinicians. Wow, America needs to be outraged!!!
    They deserve child abuse charges and the DDS Derose (I think was the name given) who sold the company 3 years ago should be the prime target of investigation. He is the evil plotter who devised this child abuse scam. To prey on the volnerable and needy is dispicable. I hope he looses his Colorado beastly mansion by having to sell it to pay the victims back personally.
    I think any clinical practioner who was involved with this should step forward and provide the whole truth. Not just this tip of the ice burg.
    Truely Sorry and Ashamed of our Human Race,
    Laura Conrad

  • http://www.insightsfordentists.com Dental Marketing Options

    And unfortunately, this is only one of the many things that is wrong with our society… human race? no. Social conditionings? I think so.

  • Mark

    privatize health care immediately and completely

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