Paxton Sues Dentists for Medicaid Fraud

0:00Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just dropped a bombshell lawsuit against Stadium Dental in Arlington, and six other dental offices for ripping off. Medicaid. They allegedly did unnecessary and sometimes risky procedures on patients just to build a program for big bucks. The scam kicked off back in 2014. These dentists paid marketing companies' referral fees, and those firms handed out gift cards or cash to Medicaid folks to sign up as patients. They led to tens of thousands of bogus claims draining taxpayer money. Paxton called his straight malicious, saying these resources are for Texans who truly need help. His office vows to keep battling fraud like this. Meanwhile, lawyers for the dentists either ghosted reporters or had no comment. The case got filed this year but states sealed until now. It pulls back the curtain on a whole network, including the now dissolved Elis Dental from the Stockyards area. Some dentists even tried to back out of a buyout after spotting the shady kickbacks. This unsealing shines a light on how deep these schemes run, and Paxton's team isn't

1:03letting up on protecting Medicaid from inside jobs like this one. That's the story for today, Dallas News Today, Driven by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.