January 31, 2012
Updated Jan 31, 2012 at 1:06 PM EDT
According to a news release from the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, a former Massachusetts dentist who pleaded guilty last week to charges of Medicaid fraud for using paper clips in place of stainless steel posts during patients' root canals was sentenced to jail Monday.
According to the news release:
A judge sentenced the 53-year-old man to serve one year in jail followed by five years of probation, with the remaining one and a half years held on a suspended sentence.
The former dentist billed the Medicaid program for the costs of the posts and submitted false claims using other dentists’ provider numbers. He also illegally prescribed prescription drugs.
Read the entire news release HERE.
