SINGAPORE — Not realising that MediSave claim limits had been raised the year before, dentist Andy Joshua Warren began splitting his patients' receipts so that they could pay for the entire cost of their dental implant procedures from their MediSave accounts.
In 2015, he authorised the submission of nine false claims for three patients to circumvent what he mistook as the claim limits, eventually cheating the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board into disbursing S$11,250 in total.
Had he not done so, his patients would still be able to cover the entire cost of their procedures through MediSave as the limits were increased in 2014.
For his actions, the 36-year-old was fined S$45,000 after pleading guilty to nine counts of cheating in the State Courts on Tuesday (April 19).
Another 15 charges, in relation to cheating polyclinics into disbursing subsidies under the Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas), were taken into consideration for sentencing.
He was a trainee dentist there during his offences from June and September 2015, after graduating from the University of Melbourne in 2013.
He currently runs his own practice, AJ Warren Dental Clinic, along Pasir Panjang Road.
MediSave, the national medical-savings scheme, can be used by account holders to pay for certain medical expenses or those of immediate family members.
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