This is M Hatton with the Becker's Dental Past Sale Podcast.
Here's your daily industry news briefing for today, May 15th. First,
an Illinois Dental office agreed to pay approximately $300,000 to settle
allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. Springfield,
Illinois based Tolia Dental allegedly submitted claims to Medicaid for dental
services that were not medically necessary from June 1st, 2016.
Until November 26th, 2019,
the United States will receive about $120,000 from the settlement while the
state will receive about $180,000 according to a May 11th news release
from the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of Illinois.
Second Grano Rapids,
Michigan based orthodontic Partners recently affiliated with its largest
practice. To date, the company added Gorman and Bunch Orthodontics,
which has nine locations in Indiana according to a May 12th news release,
orthodontic Partners has more than 30 prac practice partners.
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