Was that wrong? Should I have not done that?

Huh. I used to wonder how they did that or how they figured out who the dentist was for a given person.

Some nice racist comments beneath TFA.

I need to quit thinking that people couldn't possibly get any lower for greed.

RoyBatty: Fano: Huh. I used to wonder how they did that or how they figured out who the dentist was for a given person.

Yeah, how do they do that?

I'm guessing relatives, credit card or insurance companies. Everyone leaves a trail...

RoyBatty: Fano: Huh. I used to wonder how they did that or how they figured out who the dentist was for a given person.

Yeah, how do they do that?

Insurance records. duh,

RoyBatty: Fano: Huh. I used to wonder how they did that or how they figured out who the dentist was for a given person.

Yeah, how do they do that?

The American Dental Association has a giant database filled with everything about your teeth. They even know about the time you just ran your toothbrush under the water to fool your parents into thinking you'd brushed.

Kurmudgeon: I need to quit thinking that people couldn't possibly get any lower for greed.

It doesn't seem like this was greed related to taking advantage of their deaths; it looks like it was just garden variety healthcare fraud, and the dentist happened to unluckily pick the wrong files to commit fraud with a couple years ago

Which is ultimately the downside of committing a fraud, even one you think no-one will ever discover - it puts you at the mercy of random events that you can't control

Huh. Here I was thinking people go into dentistry because they want everyone to have healthy teeth, and it turns out they just like getting paid $200 an hour to watch a bunch of women work.

You people are just a bunch of anti-dentites!

Roy could lose the practice! I hope you're happy!

What a clusterfark.

submitting at least five false claims, totaling more than $1,000

Based on the cost billed to my insurance for my prior dental work, this hardly even seems worth the effort to falsify.

That's hot.

I can't remember meeting anyone from India not named Patel. Oh wait there is Ravi Shankar. Anyway, just for amusement, I just did a Google search for dentists named Patel and came up with plenty. My favotite is Dr. Tejas Patel from Austin. I wonder if he wears a sombrero?

lordargent: submitting at least five false claims, totaling more than $1,000

Based on the cost billed to my insurance for my prior dental work, this hardly even seems worth the effort to falsify.

This guys practice must have been failing hard. First all the kids were straight up medicaid (from the description), no dentist takes medicaid if they can get any other sorts of patients. The only ones that do tend to be federally subsided centers.

Can he just do the work now and make everything better?

Any thread with dead children should probably get the SAD tag.

Smurfme: Can he just do the work now and make everything better?

Good idea. He won't have to worry about the kids fidgeting around.

Well, 7 kids, different names, medicaid,No fathers. As a black persob the fraud us far from the second worst part of this mess.

"Lemming, Lemming, Lemming of the BDA".
Rinse, spit out, repeat.

DavidVincent: I can't remember meeting anyone from India not named Patel. Oh wait there is Ravi Shankar. Anyway, just for amusement, I just did a Google search for dentists named Patel and came up with plenty. My favotite is Dr. Tejas Patel from Austin. I wonder if he wears a sombrero?

Patel is a northern Indian name. You've never met a Singh or Gupta? Virtually every state in the country has some dominant name.

Sad...bad...and no dad?

Rad.

No Such Agency: Some nice racist comments beneath TFA.

I noticed no father was mentioned.....

trivial use of my dark powers: Was that wrong? Should I have not done that?

Unfunny meme that needs to DIAF.

Fano: Huh. I used to wonder how they did that or how they figured out who the dentist was for a given person.

It's amazing how some things, no matter how well you believe you've covered your ass, will come back to bite you in said ass.

No Such Agency: Some nice racist truthful comments beneath TFA.

/seem the truth will hurt peoples feelings

Brostorm: Well, 7 kids, different names, medicaid,No fathers. As a black persob the fraud us far from the second worst part of this mess.

Honestly the fraud probably benefitted the kids in a twisted way. Very few dentists take medicaid. I assume the kids got some dental care and then he cooked the books to make even more money.

So honestly, if he didn't do this they probably would have had no dental care. At least the dentist didn't harm the kids by actually performing the unnecessary procedures to make money (some dentists would do this)

/he'll be getting his license pulled/going to jail if this is true
//no sympathies.

SoCalSurfer: No Such Agency: Some nice racist comments beneath TFA.

I noticed no father was mentioned.....

Damnit, Norv.

davidphogan: SoCalSurfer: No Such Agency: Some nice racist comments beneath TFA.

I noticed no father was mentioned.....

Damnit, Norv.

Sssshhhhh

No Such Agency: Some nice racist comments beneath TFA.

There will probably be far more racist comments here....

Dr. Patel, figures. Patel is like Smith or Johnson over here.

My Dentest Dr. Goldstein. Trust the man with my mouth as well as those of my wife and three kids.

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If one of them had been a contract killer who was insured for millions, you could probably use it as a pretty good ending for a mediocre movie.

Oh wait...

Wow... I just... Hrm. I know it's so incredibly unlikely that a scenario like this would come up, but I feel like the dentist should be slapped with something a little heavier than insurance fraud. Something like... inflicting unnecessary grief upon victims' relatives or something. At any rate, he's supposed to be a professional and has been certified by some kind of association, which means at the very least he should have his license removed if it hasn't already.

ArcadianRefugee: trivial use of my dark powers: Was that wrong? Should I have not done that?

Unfunny meme that needs to DIAF.



Let's just hope its dental records are UTD.

I might be a little off the mark here, but the unfortunately deceased 7-year old in the photo at the bottom of the page does have a really nice smile.

Let's try it. W..what you were saying before. You know... with the MRI's.

Aidan: Wow... I just... Hrm. I know it's so incredibly unlikely that a scenario like this would come up, but I feel like the dentist should be slapped with something a little heavier than insurance fraud. Something like... inflicting unnecessary grief upon victims' relatives or something. At any rate, he's supposed to be a professional and has been certified by some kind of association, which means at the very least he should have his license removed if it hasn't already.

In NJ, the average sentence for insurance fraud is $10,000-15,000 and five years per count. Not that it brings them back but with five counts, he's only going to be doing dental work with a shiv to his neck for many years to come.

BurnShrike: RoyBatty: Fano: Huh. I used to wonder how they did that or how they figured out who the dentist was for a given person.

Yeah, how do they do that?

The American Dental Association has a giant database filled with everything about your teeth. They even know about the time you just ran your toothbrush under the water to fool your parents into thinking you'd brushed.

Lawls.

I remember doing that, which is why when I'm not sure if my kids are fibbing or not when I ask them if they've brushed I go check.

The eldest hasn't figured it out yet.

mark.jms: I remember doing that, which is why when I'm not sure if my kids are fibbing or not when I ask them if they've brushed I go check.

I give my son a breath test. Because he's 6 and he's an untrustworthy mofo when it comes to brushing his teeth. :P

/No drug testing though

The little boy in the picture is adorable.