FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
June 5, 2012
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Suzanne Webb (334) 242-7351
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AG ANNOUNCES CONVICTION OF CLARKE COUNTY DENTIST
FOR ATTEMPTING TO DEFRAUD ALABAMA MEDICAID AGENCY
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange announced that a
Clarke County dentist today pleaded guilty to attempting to file a claim for
payment with the Alabama Medicaid Agency for a dental procedure that was not
performed. Victor Clarence Hawkins, 61, of Grove Hill, pleaded guilty this
afternoon before Montgomery County District Judge Jimmy Pool to one count of
attempting to file a false claim with the Medicaid Agency, a Class A
misdemeanor.
The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit had accused
Hawkins of billing the Medicaid Agency for a dental procedure referred to as a
pulpectomy, or partial root canal, for a pediatric dental procedure in June of
- A review of a post procedure x-ray revealed that the procedure had not
been performed.
Judge Pool sentenced Hawkins to 12 months in the Montgomery County
Jail, which was suspended, and placed Hawkins on 12 months of probation. As a
part of the plea, Hawkins was permanently barred from participation as an
Alabama Medicaid provider. No restitution was due the Medicaid Agency.
The investigation was initiated by the Program Integrity Division of the
Medicaid Agency and referred to the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control
Unit, where it was prosecuted by the Unit’s Director, Assistant Attorney General
Bruce Lieberman.
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