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Dentist in Medicaid scam

Dentist in Medicaid scam

This dentist was as crooked as the teeth he was supposed to fix. Lawrence Bruckner, 62, admitted to scamming Medicaid out of nearly $560,000 by paying recruiters to bring vagrants to his two Brooklyn dental offices — where he faked a glance at their mouths before billing Medicaid for extensive...
2012-08-14 08:46 – read more »
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Dentist in Medicaid scam

Dentist in Medicaid scam

This dentist was as crooked as the teeth he was supposed to fix.Lawrence Bruckner, 62, admitted to scamming Medicaid out of nearly $560,000 by paying recruiters to bring vagrants to his two Brooklyn dental offices — where he faked a glance at their mouths before billing Medicaid for extensive...
2012-08-14 07:07 – Similar articles – read more »
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B'klyn dentist pleads guilty to bilking Medicaid out of $700G by using homeless people

B'klyn dentist pleads guilty to bilking Medicaid out of $700G by using homeless people

This dentist was more crooked than the teeth he was supposed to fix. A devious Brooklyn dentist who used homeless people to scam Medicaid and state taxes out of almost $700,000 faces up to three years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud today, authorities said. Lawrence Bruckner, 62...
2012-08-14 03:42 – Similar articles – read more »
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Millions Of U.S. Children Do Not Receive Dental Care — Shocking Report

Millions Of U.S. Children Do Not Receive Dental Care — Shocking Report

Can you believe more than 16 million children on Medicaid in the U.S. do not see a dentist? Not even for a routine check-up!
2012-04-24 22:10 – Similar articles – read more »
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Four busted in $150M HIV/AIDS-Medicaid drug scam

Four busted in $150M HIV/AIDS-Medicaid drug scam

New York authorities today busted four ringleaders of a massive HIV/AIDS black market prescription drug scam that allegedly ripped off $150 million from the Medicaid program. Under the scheme, pharmacists in Brooklyn and Suffolk County resold drugs to patients that were illegally obtained on the black market. The scam...
2012-04-04 21:20 – Similar articles – read more »
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3M on Medicaid

3M on Medicaid

The city’s Medicaid rolls have reached a new milestone with 3 million enrollees — more than one-third of its residents. The historic record was achieved unceremoniously last month, when 23,371 people were added to the rolls to bring the total to 3,006,473. It’s the first time...
2012-07-27 08:28 – Similar articles – read more »
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Crooked pol wins another month of freedom... to go to the dentist

Crooked pol wins another month of freedom... to go to the dentist

Prison-bound ex-pol Hiram Monserrate has won another month of freedom to get his rotten choppers fixed. The disgraced former Democratic lawmaker from Queens has been undergoing extensive dental work since January, and last week had two temporary crowns attached to "the last of his teeth that are at issue," court...
2013-04-12 01:42 – Similar articles – read more »
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Dozens charged in massive Medicaid fraud case

Dozens charged in massive Medicaid fraud case

Federal agents and the NYPD say 48 people are charged in a $108 million Medicaid fraud case. Authorities say the arrests on Tuesday are the result of an investigation of a so-called "pill diversion" scheme. The scheme involved obtaining medication for such ailments as HIV and asthma from Medicaid recipients...
2012-07-17 17:58 – Similar articles – read more »
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Medicaid payments slashed in deal between Feds and Cuomo

Medicaid payments slashed in deal between Feds and Cuomo

The federal government has reached a deal with the Cuomo administration that dramatically slashes Medicaid payments to state centers that provide services to developmentally disabled people, The Post has learned. Under the agreement approved by the feds, Medicaid payments will fall to $1,200 per resident per day from more...
2013-04-01 19:03 – Similar articles – read more »
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LI dentist allegedly practiced drunk

LI dentist allegedly practiced drunk

LINDERNHURST, NY — A Long Island dentist is charged with conducting a dental procedure on a patient while under the influence of alcohol. Suffolk County police say 57-year-old Robert Garelick was charged with reckless endangerment. Police responded to his Lindenhurst office on Monday afternoon after receiving a complaint about a dentist...
2013-01-22 16:12 – Similar articles – read more »
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Over-Medicaided NY’s funds cut

Over-Medicaided NY’s funds cut

The federal government approved a deal with the Cuomo administration that dramatically slashes Medicaid payments to New York for services provided to developmentally disabled people. Under the restructuring, Medicaid payments will fall from more than $5,100 to $1,200 per resident per day at centers that serve the developmentally...
2013-04-02 08:12 – Similar articles – read more »
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Medicaid eyed for all ex-cons

Medicaid eyed for all ex-cons

Gov. Cuomo’s administration is launching an aggressive plan to sign up thousands of ex-cons for taxpayer-financed Medicaid, which they’ll receive once they leave prison, The Post has learned. Under the initiative, all inmates would automatically apply for the public health insurance for the needy while incarcerated, state Department...
2012-10-01 06:52 – Similar articles – read more »
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Gov. Christie moves to expand Medicaid

Gov. Christie moves to expand Medicaid

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proposed a $32.9 billion budget Tuesday that allows more poor residents to enroll in Medicaid and increases public school aid but defers property tax rebates for three months. Christie's proposal for the fiscal year that starts July 1 comes as...
2013-02-26 22:22 – Similar articles – read more »
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Cuomo’s ‘short’ cut for fixing Medicaid

Cuomo’s ‘short’ cut for fixing Medicaid

Short people got no reason — to pump up their height on the taxpayer’s dime. Gov. Cuomo’s administration is considering eliminating Medicaid funding for hormone-growth treatment provided to kids who have no medical reason to get it. The move would save the state $10 million a year for a...
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State GOP med probe

State GOP med probe

ALBANY — State Senate Republicans plan to investigate New York’s costliest-in-the-nation Medicaid system and echoed congressional calls for an independent audit of the $54 billion annual program.The Senate GOP said it will particularly target accusations of “complacency and inaction” by the state Office of the Medicaid Inspector General under...
2013-02-23 07:12 – Similar articles – read more »
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Burglar pulls dentist office heist

Burglar pulls dentist office heist

This burglar clearly doesn’t fear the dentist’s office. A crook broke into a Queens dental office and stole a laptop and syringes, cops said. The thief, caught in this surveillance video, climbed into an unlocked window of Steinway Family Dental in Astoria on Steinway Street, near 34th Avenue...
2012-05-09 17:08 – Similar articles – read more »
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Backed By Twilio, SV Angel & 500 Startups, HealthSouk Brings Affordable Dental Care To California

Backed By Twilio, SV Angel & 500 Startups, HealthSouk Brings Affordable Dental Care To California

According to a report published by the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging last year, more than 130 million Americans are living without dental insurance. That means more Americans have smartphones than dental coverage. (And they say the UK has bad teeth!) Yes, while robotics takes quantum leaps, millions of Americans forgo dentist visits each day because they don't have insurance, or they can't afford care.
2013-04-10 16:10 – Similar articles – read more »
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Dentist twist in NJ fire

Dentist twist in NJ fire

Dental records used to ID five members of a New Jersey family killed in a tragic fire also exposed fraud by the victims’ dentist, The Post has learned. Investigators trying to identify the four children and one adult killed in the Feb. 23 blaze in South Plainfield found that their...
2012-03-07 07:30 – Similar articles – read more »
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Dentist’s suit drills Walmart on clinic idea

Dentist’s suit drills Walmart on clinic idea

Dealing with Walmart is a lot like a root canal: costly and painful. That’s from a lawsuit filed by Kianor Shah, a California dentist who is accusing the retail giant and one of its former execs of ripping off his idea to open discount dental clinics inside its big...
2013-02-11 04:42 – Similar articles – read more »
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Health Act Intact: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care

Health Act Intact: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care

The Supreme Court ruled today to uphold the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), which aims to expand health insurance coverage to 32 million more Americans. However, the Court also ruled that the federal government may not penalize states that decline to participate in the expansion of Medicaid that accompanies the ACA by taking away other Medicaid moneys. [More]
2012-06-28 18:00 – Similar articles – read more »
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