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NEWARK
– The State Board of Dentistry, the
licensing and regulatory body that oversees
approximately 8,000 dentists practicing
in New Jersey, this month took disciplinary
actions against the five dentists listed
below.
“We
expect licensees to adhere to our regulations
governing professional conduct. People entrust
their care to these professionals and our
boards will act when that trust is broken,”
Attorney General Anne Milgram said.
“We
will investigate when consumers file complaints
with us alleging improper or illegal activity,”
said David Szuchman, Consumer Affairs Director.
On
December 12, the Board of Dentistry ordered
Susan Krutyansky, D.D.S., and Mikhail Gordeev,
D.D.S. to each pay $1,750 in civil penalties
and reimburse the state $6,900 for its investigative
costs after finding that they submitted
insurance claims to a third party that did
not accurately reflect the actual work performed.
Krutyansky and Gordeev, who co-own Smart
Choice Dental in Metuchen, also failed to
comply with Board regulations pertaining
to patient records. Each was ordered to
complete a seven-hour course in record keeping
and submit to one random audit. This matter
was settled by Consent Orders between the
parties.
On
December 12, the Board of Dentistry suspended
the license of Gerald J. Whiteman, D.D.S.,
for a five year period, the first two years
being an active suspension beginning on
April 17, 2008 and the remaining three years
stayed and served as a period of probation.
Whiteman, whose address of record is in
Old Bridge, pled guilty to one count of
health care claims fraud in the second degree
effective in April. At sentencing, Whiteman
was ordered to serve three years in state
prison and pay $13,500 in fines and restitution
to Medicaid. He also was barred from being
a Medicaid provider for five years.
On
December 12, the Board of Dentistry suspended
the license of Gerald P. Hirsch, D.D.S.,
for a nine-year period, retroactive to December
14, 1999. Hirsch, whose address of record
is in Branchburg, was licensed in New Jersey
from July, 1963 to November, 1999. He has
not renewed his license since then. In December,
1999, Hirsch was convicted of six counts
of mail fraud in U.S. District Court in
New York, the mail fraud being unrelated
to his practice of dentistry. He was sentenced
to 97 months of imprisonment and three years
supervised release and ordered to pay $30.9
million in restitution plus interest.
If
he applies for licensure, the Board set
conditions on Hirsch, including compliance
with the court’s restitution order
and prohibition from owning his own dental
practice, having an ownership interest in
a dental practice or being a solo practitioner.
On
December 5, the Board of Dentistry reprimanded
Gary Reba, D.D.S., and ordered the suspension
of his license for a three-year period,
the first six months being an active suspension
and the remainder served as a period of
probation. Reba, whose address of record
is in New Brunswick, in April, 2007 entered
into a Consent Order with the New Jersey
Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
and pled guilty to theft by deception in
the third degree and falsifying records
in the fourth degree.
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