Massachusetts dentist to pay back $300k to state over X-rays

A dentist based in western Massachusetts is being asked to repay nearly $300,000 to the state, after allegedly improperly billing MassHealth for services. The state found in an audit that both Hampshire Family Dental of Northampton, and Orchard Family Dental of Indian Orchard in Springfield, both owned by Dr. Samer Tahoun, improperly billed the state’s Medicaid office for X-rays of individual teeth. Full-mouth X-rays are often done as part of routine dental exams, but individual tooth X-rays…
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