Dentist The Menace

04/02/2024

Richard Malouf's All Smiles fraud case still in the courts. SMDH!!

The Texas Supreme Court seemed inclined to send a $16 million Medicaid fraud judgment back to a trial court rather than let the judgment against Dr. Richard Malouf stand.

23/09/2022

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/09/22/houston-jury-awards-955-m-to-family-of-girl-who-suffered-brain-damage-after-sedated-restrained-by-dentist/?outputType=amp

A state district court jury in Houston has awarded $95.5 million to the family of a four-year-old Houston girl left irreversibly brain damaged after a dentist improperly restrained and sedated her during treatment of decayed teeth, according to the family’s attorney James R. Moriarty and co-counse...

12/08/2020

Several of the court pleadings are included with the blog post as well as other info not reported by other outlets. Duh!

August 3, 2020 Two years after agreeing to pay $23.9 million, plus interest to settle Medicaid fraud allegation Benevis (formerly NCDR, LLC)...

12/08/2020

https://www.woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=67475 Richard Malouf

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County ordered final judgment against Dr. Richard Malouf, former owner of All Smiles Dental Center,

03/08/2020

Oh yeah. This is a fantastic idea. 🙄

"Antiquated" legal ethics rules are interfering with access to justice and a more sustainable legal profession, according to a bar association task force.

28/07/2020

A lawsuit dealing with a January 2019 ransomware incident at Boaz, Ala.-based Sarrell Regional Dental Center for Public Health has been dismissed by a federal judge due to lack of evidence that data was misused.

15/05/2020

Finally Richard Malouf: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/court-awards-millions-texans-medicaid-fraud-lawsuit.

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the Hon. Catherine Mauzy of the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County has ruled Dr. Richard Malouf of ASDC Holdings, LLC responsible for 1,842 unlawful acts under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.

08/04/2020

Comfort Dental, like most corporate dental chains, doesn’t think it needs to follow any rules other than their own. (shocking, right? 🙄) Now they receive a Cease and Desist letter from Colorado’s Attorney General.

What do Hobby Lobby, a real estate agent, and a dental office have in common? Colorado said they're doing non-critical business during COVID-19 and now must stop.

21/03/2020

https://foxnebraska.com/news/local/some-local-dentists-closing-offices-after-ada-recommends-emergency-only-appointments

The America Dental Association and the Nebraska Dental Association are both encouraging dentist offices to postpone non-emergency or elective dental procedures. The ADA said non-emergencies include but are not limited to oral exams, cleanings, orthodontic procedures, restorative dentistry, dental pr...

21/03/2020

American Dental Association (ADA)issues guideline in response to the Covid-19 Virus. Guidelines advise emergency treatments only.

"Dental emergencies, according to the ADA, “are potentially life threatening and require immediate treatment to stop ongoing tissue bleeding [or to] alleviate severe pain or infection.” Conditions include uncontrolled bleeding; cellulitis or a diffuse soft tissue bacterial infection with intraoral or extraoral swelling that potentially compromises the patient’s airway; or trauma involving facial bones that potentially compromises the patient’s airway."

The ADA provided its members and their patients detailed guidance on March 18 on what to consider dental emergencies and nonemergencies dental care as part of an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, and alleviate the burden on hospital and emergency departments.

20/03/2020

https://blog.dentistthemenace.com/2020/03/will-covid-19-pandemic-be-demise.html

With the COVID-19 Virus hitting every industry hard, and Wall Street crumbling, what will happen to places such as Heartland Dental, Aspen ...