BRYAN, Texas (CN) - Kool Smiles, a chain of dental clinics, has reached a settlement with parents of 618 Texas children who claim its dentists performed unnecessary work and charged it to Medicaid.

A national dental chain linked to two child deaths in Arizona will have to pay nearly $24 million to the United States government and 17 states for submitting false claims to state Medicaid programs.

In response to questions from the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) and FRONTLINE, Kool Smiles presented two documents totaling 85 pages challenging the reporting on this project, refuting some ...

A heartbroken mother has filed a wrongful death complaint against a dental office in Yuma after the death of her child. This comes a day after ABC15 reported on the death of a different child, 2-year ...

For years, his company has been under fire over allegations its dentists performed painful, unnecessary work on children in a scheme to bilk Medicaid. Yet Kool Smiles’ chief dental officer, Dale G.

The case against Kool Smiles arose after whistleblowers around the country, including a Connecticut dentist, complained to federal authorities that the chain paid substantial bonuses to dentists who ...

Nearly half of the nation’s children were on Medicaid or similar government assistance last year. Yet even with this insurance, families in poverty often struggle to find a dentist for their kids, ...

A national dental chain linked to two child deaths in Arizona will have to pay nearly $24 million to the United States government and 17 states for submitting false claims to state Medicaid programs.