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Putin is not in this category, because he's not horrible, he's evil.
This dentist apparently thought his billings were low with doing cleanings and fillings and thought crowns would do the trick! This is really horrible: he would show a spot on a healthy tooth's x-ray that probably indicated a need for a filling, tell the patient that it indicated a fracture, and thus a crown, get to work with his drill, fracturing the tooth. THEN he'd shoot a second x-ray because "Insurance is going to want to see this!" and send THAT x-ray to insurance as proof that there was a need for the crown!
From the article: "The alleged scheme by licensed Grafton dentist Scott Charmoli, 61, appears to have begun in 2015, when the number of crowns he installed abruptly increased. In 2015, Charmoli installed 1,036 crowns, well over the 434 crowns he did in 2014. Amid the royal boom, his income increased by more than $1 million, going from $1.4 million in 2014 to $2.5 million in 2015, according to court documents.
From 2016 to 2019, Charmoli billed insurers and patients over $4.2 million for crown procedures, according to federal prosecutors. In each of those years, Charmoli ranked at or above the 95th percentile for the number of crowns installed by dentists in the state. An executive from a dental insurance company testified during Charmoli's four-day trial that Wisconsin dentists installed, on average, fewer than six crowns per 100 patients in 2019. Yet court documents show that in 2019, Charmoli installed 881 crowns for his 1,131 patients—a rate of about 78 crowns per 100 patients."
78 crowns per 100 patients? 78% of the patients needing crowns?! WTF!!!
I remember another dental malpractice case in California where the doc was doing root canals like they were going out of style. Made a fortune until he got caught and convicted and went to prison.
The last, and truly final, paragraph: "Last week, the jury found Charmoli guilty of five counts of health care fraud and two counts of making false statements related to health care matters. Charmoli now faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count of health care fraud and a maximum of five years for each false statement conviction. His sentencing is scheduled for June 17. Nearly 100 former patients are also suing him."
61 y/o dentist facing 30 years. He had better act REALLY contrite! Feds don't let people out early for good behavior, you serve your full sentence. Dude is going to die in prison if he gets max.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/dentist-guilty-of-deliberately-breaking-teeth-cashing-in-on-crown-repairs/
This dentist apparently thought his billings were low with doing cleanings and fillings and thought crowns would do the trick! This is really horrible: he would show a spot on a healthy tooth's x-ray that probably indicated a need for a filling, tell the patient that it indicated a fracture, and thus a crown, get to work with his drill, fracturing the tooth. THEN he'd shoot a second x-ray because "Insurance is going to want to see this!" and send THAT x-ray to insurance as proof that there was a need for the crown!
From the article: "The alleged scheme by licensed Grafton dentist Scott Charmoli, 61, appears to have begun in 2015, when the number of crowns he installed abruptly increased. In 2015, Charmoli installed 1,036 crowns, well over the 434 crowns he did in 2014. Amid the royal boom, his income increased by more than $1 million, going from $1.4 million in 2014 to $2.5 million in 2015, according to court documents.
From 2016 to 2019, Charmoli billed insurers and patients over $4.2 million for crown procedures, according to federal prosecutors. In each of those years, Charmoli ranked at or above the 95th percentile for the number of crowns installed by dentists in the state. An executive from a dental insurance company testified during Charmoli's four-day trial that Wisconsin dentists installed, on average, fewer than six crowns per 100 patients in 2019. Yet court documents show that in 2019, Charmoli installed 881 crowns for his 1,131 patients—a rate of about 78 crowns per 100 patients."
78 crowns per 100 patients? 78% of the patients needing crowns?! WTF!!!
I remember another dental malpractice case in California where the doc was doing root canals like they were going out of style. Made a fortune until he got caught and convicted and went to prison.
The last, and truly final, paragraph: "Last week, the jury found Charmoli guilty of five counts of health care fraud and two counts of making false statements related to health care matters. Charmoli now faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count of health care fraud and a maximum of five years for each false statement conviction. His sentencing is scheduled for June 17. Nearly 100 former patients are also suing him."
61 y/o dentist facing 30 years. He had better act REALLY contrite! Feds don't let people out early for good behavior, you serve your full sentence. Dude is going to die in prison if he gets max.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/dentist-guilty-of-deliberately-breaking-teeth-cashing-in-on-crown-repairs/
