Van Drie, Pamela M., Health Care, Payroll Tax, Unemployment Benefits, Missouri 2016
A federal jury in Springfield, Missouri, has convicted a Marshfield couple of multiple fraud schemes totaling more than $1 million that involved Medicaid payments to their dental clinics, failing to pay over payroll taxes, and collecting unemployment benefits they were not entitled to receive.
Pamela M. Van Drie, 59, and her husband, Lorin G. Van Drie, 60, were found guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, of all 40 counts contained in a Nov. 2, 2016, federal indictment.
According to court documents, Pamela Van Drie participated in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud from Oct. 6, 2010, to Aug. 19, 2015, involving dentures and other dental services, as well as a fraud scheme related to orthodontic appliances.
The couple, who owned All About Smiles, LLC, a Springfield company that provided dental services at clinics in Springfield, Mountain Grove, and Bolivar, submitted claims to Medicaid for services that lacked the required written referral from a physician.
Pamela Van Drie and Dr. James R. Dye, a dentist at the clinics, purchased Ortho-Tain orthodontic appliances for approximately $50 each, provided them to Medicaid pediatric beneficiaries, and billed each such appliance to Medicaid as a speech aid prosthesis for approximately $695.
The Van Dries were also found guilty of failing to pay over payroll taxes and collecting unemployment benefits they were not entitled to receive.
Pamela and Lorin Van Drie were the owners of All About Smiles, LLC, and PL Family Management Company, LLC, which managed the staff for those clinics.
The total loss due to the fraud schemes was $1,006,748. This includes $885,748 in health care fraud and $121,000 in payroll tax fraud.
The Van Dries are currently in custody awaiting sentencing.
Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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