Saturday, January 23, 2010

Close Them Down

Many articles and television programs have been seen over the last few years about dental practices that cater to Medicaid patients. 20/20 had a recent segment on one of those dental companies which you can see by following the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/dental-chain-reaches-settlement-medical-fraud-performing-unnecessary/story?id=9615119.
Today's Times Union also had a story about Small Smiles.
Those of us involved in dentistry have known for a long time that Mediciad type dental practices steal in order to survive. The government pays below cost fees and the only way possible for these clinics to survive financially is to do unethical treatment. Is it the dental companies or society that is guilty in the abuse of our children. (SmallSmiles treated children). If society offers unethical pay to dentists for working in these places and then the dentists behave unethically, who is guilty?
I will never work for Medicaid fees and I will never abuse my patients for money...And you can take that to the bank.