Langhorne dental clinic ordered to pay misled patients about $517,000

A Bucks County dental clinic that state prosecutors say misled elderly or low-income patients about expensive services will pay them roughly $517,000 in restitution.

Alpha Dental Excellence, which maintains an office in Langhorne, allegedly upsold pricey procedures to its patients on the promise that Medicare would cover them. But the health insurance program does not typically cover dental services and denied claims that the clinic filed for reimbursement.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said his office opened an investigation after receiving multiple consumer complaints…

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