VALDOSTA, Ga. (WTXL) - A Valdosta dentist has been sentenced to twenty-seven months in prison for swindling nearly $800,000 from Medicaid patients he lied about extracting teeth from.
The U.S. Department of Justice said that Dr. Stanley B. Marable, 55, was sentenced to serve twenty-seven months in federal prison for healthcare fraud followed by two years of supervised release.
They said that he entered in a guilty plea on Oct. 13 of last year.
According to attorneys, Marable was a general practice dentist in Valdosta who was paid through Medicaid on more than 3,000 claims for the removal of teeth.
However, once they investigated these claims, they discovered that Marable had not removed teeth from many of the patients connected to the claims that had been submitted. Attorneys said several hadn't had any teeth removed at all, including one who didn't know Marable was a dentist.
The payments Marable received on these false claims totaled over $789,0000.
As part of his plea agreement, Dr. Marable agreed to pay a total of $789,841.00 in restitution to the Georgia Medicaid Program. The full amount of restitution was paid prior to sentencing.
In addition, Dr. Marable was ordered to pay a fine of $5,000.00 and a $100.00 mandatory assessment fee. The sentence was handed down by United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson in Valdosta, Georgia.
