Cleveland-based MetroHealth Hospital System's former COO and Dental Director Edward Hills, DDS, as well as three MetroHealth dentists were found guilty of defrauding the hospital in an eight-year bribery and kickback scheme, according to WKYC3.com.

Jerry Brunsoman, DDS, is charged with funneling hundreds of opioid doses through illegal prescriptions to various patients, employees and family members, according to the Star Tribune.

A former Oak Harbor, Wash.-based dental office manager pled guilty to first-degree theft and filing a false insurance claim, according to the Insurance Journal.

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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, R, reauthorized dental and vision coverage for the state's 400,000 Medicaid beneficiaries, according to the Lexington Herald Leader.

Danaher Corp. is moving forward with efforts to spin-off its dental business into a publicly traded company, according to Reuters.

Worthington, Minn., dentist Andrew Heinsich, DDS, was charged with inappropriately touching inmates at the Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls, S.D., according to Kelo.com.

State officials are delaying the enforcement of a $1,000 annual dental benefit maximum for Medicaid members aged 21 years and older until Sept. 1, according to The Gazette.

Here are five dentists making headlines.