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DC Dentist Sentenced to Prison for Medicaid Fraud Scheme
In a client alert, Rivkin Radler LLP reports that Steven A. Price, a Washington, D.C. dentist, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release after conviction in a scheme that defrauded D.C. Medicaid. He was also ordered to pay $3.4 million in restitution. The firm cites the case as part of continued federal and state scrutiny of billing practices in the dental industry. The sentencing serves as a reminder to dental Medicaid providers about fraud enforcement risk.
Why it mattersDental providers billing Medicaid face heightened fraud enforcement risk, including criminal prosecution, restitution, and loss of program participation for improper billing practices.