A Mira Mesa dentist was charged Tuesday with insurance fraud for falsifying hundreds of root canal claims to scam insurance companies out of nearly $600,000, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said.
April Rose Ambrosio, 58, was charged with 75 felony counts of insurance fraud in connection with billing claims to eight companies for procedures she never performed, the DA’s office said.
The DA said Ambrosio claimed to have performed 623 root canals on 75 patients — which would average to more more than 8 root canals per patient — over a three year period.
Source: Dentist Charged With Insurance Fraud Billed 110 Root Canals to 1 Family, DA Says / NBC San Diego