How a Simple Government Form Can Turn in Embezzlers
Frank Abagnale (“Catch Me if You Can”) advises using Form 1099-MISC In the video below, Mr. Abagnale says filing a 1099 is one of...
Virtual Card Payments are BAD for Dentists
What is a Virtual Credit Card (VCC)? A VCC is a claim payment from an insurance company (with an EOB) that has an image...
Dental Embezzlement Risk Self-Assessment
FREE, CONFIDENTIAL, and ANONYMOUS • Did you know? A staggering 85% of embezzlement cases involved at least one of the Top 6 Red Flags,
Embezzlement: It won’t ever happen to me.
Dentistry is one of the highest embezzled professions, and Dr. Scott Logan has experienced it first hand. After watching this presentation, I spoke with...
“I’ll just let her go.” It’s time to say goodbye.
When forced to confront a dishonest employee, many dentists believe the best solution to their dishonest employee problem is to terminate the person’s employment...
Dental employee arrested 111 counts fraud against coworkers and neighbors
Billie Jean Peterson, a 25-year-old from Lawrence, KS., was taken into custody and charged with felony theft along with 26 counts of criminal use...
How to Steal from a Dentist.
How employees steal from a dental practice. This post discusses the schemes used by employees to steal from a dental practice. The schemes are...
The Top 6 Dental Embezzlement Red Flags
85% of dental embezzlers will display at least one of these red flags.
Monitoring for supply theft in the dental office
I received a call from a local dentist who told me he was in his office last Saturday catching up on work. He had...
Dentist’s FaceBook page says office is closed due to dentist’s drug problem
Fact or Fake? Due to the escalation of Dr. Downie's chronic substance abuse problem, we've had to close our doors.
Digital Exoneration for Dentists
The reality for most dentists is that during their career they can expect to be named in two or more lawsuits; most involving negligence...
Which of these fraud scenarios is worse?
If you had to choose one of these, which would it be? #1: A patient pays $100 for services rendered. Your employee steals the...
Collierville dentist bookkeeper indicted on theft charges
Tina said, "If you think I stole the money then here is a check for $600" • An audit later revealed Tina pocketed more...
Woman gets four years for embezzlement of $500,000
Where did all the money go? When she was fired in 2007, she earned a salary of $80,000 a year, plus Christmas bonuses and...
Ex-dental embezzler gets 2 years’ probation in prescription fraud case
Saskia Tyrone, an administrative assistant at New England Dental Specialists obtained patient information from the computer system to obtain the prescriptions. Tyrone was also...
Signing electronic chart notes
Do you lock (i.e.: sign) your electronic chart notes each day before walking out the door? Forgetting (or failure) to digitally sign chart notes...