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Avoid Healthcare Fraud with Accurate Record Keeping

In March 2008, Dr. Shelburne was found guilty of healthcare fraud, racketeering and money laundering and spent 19 months in a Federal Prison Camp. He illustrates how important it is for dentists to keep good records with accurate coding and submitting claims properly.

By Art Wiederman and Dr. Roy Shelburne On Apr 14, 2022

In this episode of The Art of Dental Finance and Management podcast, Art meets with Dr. Roy Shelburne, a medical records keeping and business systems consultant who helps protect dentists from committing healthcare fraud. Dr. Shelburne has developed a compliance program for dentists to help them keep accurate records in their practice.

In March 2008, Dr. Shelburne was found guilty of healthcare fraud, racketeering and money laundering and spent 19 months in a Federal Prison Camp. He illustrates how important it is for dentists to keep good records with accurate coding and submitting claims properly. If your records, billing and coding systems are faulty, claiming ignorance is no defense.

Art Wiederman, CPA

Serving dental professionals for 35 years, Art Wiederman, CPA, is director of dental practices for Eide Bailly, one of the nation’s leading CPA firms. With special expertise in dental practice metrics and benchmarks, he oversees a variety of services, including accounting, tax and financial planning, retirement planning, and financial practice management. In addition to his podcast, Wiederman lectures nationally on dental accounting and financial management. He can be reached at awiederman@eidebailly.com.

Dr. Roy Shelburne

After being found guilty of healthcare fraud, racketeering, and money laundering….learning the hard way, Dr. Shelburne has become a nationally known speaker/writer/consultant and an American Dental Association Subject Matter Expert on recordkeeping, billing and coding, President of the Academy of Dental Management Consultants, Board member of the Speaking Consulting Network. His focus is on proper documentation, maximizing legitimate reimbursement, reducing risk, lowering stress for dental practices and most importantly….keeping other healthcare professionals out of jail.