Seth Lookhart was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison. A judge will determine later this month if he will be required to pay back any of the money he obtained through Medicaid fraud.
Anchorage dentist Seth Lookhart listens Dec. 3, 2019 during his trial for Medicaid fraud and"unlawful dental acts."
Seth Lookhart was captured on video extracting the tooth from the unconscious patient. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton said Monday that Lookhart nearly killed several patients by frequently sedating them for extended periods of time. Charges against Lookhart were filed in 2017 after a former employee told investigators the dentist was increasing profits by performing more intravenous sedation than necessary. In 2016, Lookhart and his former office manager Shauna Cranford billed nearly $2 million in unjustified IV sedation expenses, according toMedicaid patients do not pay anything for IV sedation, but the clinic could bill more for IV sedation than for other anesthetics like nitrous oxide gas.
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