LOCAL DENTIST AGREES TO PAY SETTLEMENT FOR SUBMITTING FALSE CLAIMS TO TENNCARE
The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Dr. Don Flanagan, D.D.S. from Cloudland dental has agreed to pay $1,500,000 to resolve allegations that they knowingly and improperly submitted false claims for dental services to TennCare in violation of the False Claims Act and the Tennessee Medicaid False Claims
Dr. Flanagan formerly owned Cloudland Dental, which operated dental clinics located in Chattanooga, Cleveland, Crossville, and Sweetwater. The settlement resolves allegations that, from January 2015 through February 2019, Cloudland Dental knowingly submitted, or caused to be submitted, to TennCare claims for payment that falsely identified Dr. Flanagan as the rendering provider for services that were actually rendered by uncredentialed dentists who were ineligible to bill TennCare, at Cloudland Dental’s offices located in Cleveland, Crossville, and Sweetwater
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