Fraud & Embezzlement
End-to-end response to employee theft and financial tampering, discreet, decisive, and built to hold up.
- Prevention & internal controls
- Detection & diagnostic exams
- Investigation & remediation
Since 2004 · Dentistry's forensic data experts
Unraveling dishonesty,
Unraveling dishonesty,
one transaction at a time.
Confidential embezzlement investigations, digital forensics, and litigation support for dentists, practice owners, and dental attorneys across the U.S. and Canada.
Your inquiry is confidential, and goes straight to William Hiltz.
Since 2004Trusted by dentists & attorneys
100% confidentialConducted off-site, in secrecy
Hundredsof investigations completed
U.S. & CanadaNationwide U.S., and across Canada
What We Do
Three ways we protect your practice
Whether you suspect employee dishonesty, need electronic evidence reconstructed, or are heading into litigation, we bring the forensic firepower dentistry demands.
Litigation Support
Expert consulting and testimony for dental attorneys in negligence, financial, and partnership disputes.
- Negligence & commercial claims
- Discovery & document review
- Expert & consulting witness
Digital Forensics
Truth in data. We determine who did what, and when, on a digital device, and reconstruct the record.
- Data audits & reconstruction
- Audit-trail & metadata review
- Electronic evidence analysis
Professional Services for Dentists
Specialized expertise, start to finish
A full range of forensic, investigative, and advisory services, purpose-built for dental practices and the attorneys who represent them.
Diagnostic Fraud Examinations
An affordable, economical first look for when you suspect dishonesty but have not yet confirmed it. We review your financial and practice-management records for the transactions, adjustments, and deletions that signal financial crime, giving you a clear read on whether a full investigation is warranted before you commit. It is the practical, low-cost starting point that turns a suspicion into a confident next step.
Fraud Prevention & Risk Assessment
Strong internal controls remove the opportunity for theft before it ever starts. We assess your current safeguards, pinpoint where your practice is exposed, and recommend practical, proportionate controls that protect your revenue without slowing your team down.
Audit Trail Review
Expert review of the audit trails and security logs inside every major practice-management platform, including Dentrix, Open Dental, Eaglesoft, and more. We trace edits, deletions, and after-hours activity to surface what the software quietly records but rarely shows.
FourCore Review
A structured assessment built on four pillars: Security, Controls, Accountability, and Nonconformity. Together they give you a clear, prioritized picture of where your practice stands today and what to strengthen first.
Embezzlement Investigations
For situations where the dishonest employee has already been identified and the question is no longer who, but how much. We trace the scheme from start to finish, verify and quantify every dollar taken, and document our findings in a clear, defensible report that stands up for insurance claims, restitution, and, where warranted, prosecution.
Digital Forensics
We establish who did what, and when, using defensible electronic evidence recovered from devices, accounts, and software systems. Every finding is preserved and documented to hold up under independent scrutiny.
Tort Loss Calculations
Rigorous economic-loss quantification for dental litigation. We calculate damages with the methodology and supporting documentation needed to withstand opposing counsel and stand firm in the courtroom.
Expert Consultant & Witness
We examine and produce the metadata at the heart of negligence claims and provide both testifying and non-testifying expert services. From early case strategy through the witness stand, you get clear analysis and credible, defensible testimony.
Bespoke Services
Tailored engagements for the situations that fall outside our standard services. We guide dentists through insurance audits and delisting disputes, and we examine cost-sharing arrangements and shareholder distribution calculations to confirm every figure is accurate and defensible. When your challenge does not fit a category above, this is where we build a solution around it.
25+years of expertise
Boutique by design
You'll work directly with William Hiltz
We're "BIG" on small-firm values. No large-firm bureaucracy or egos, just expert focus, discretion, and a founder who never hands your file off.
A recognized expert in embezzlement detection, investigation, and remediation, and a published author and speaker on fraud in healthcare, Bill brings a rare blend of dental informatics, accounting, auditing, and digital forensics to every engagement.
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Published authorExpert witnessFounder & CEO
More about the firm
Before you hire anyone
Choosing your investigator is the most important decision
If you are serious about protecting your practice, read this first. It explains what separates a true forensic investigator from someone reviewing spreadsheets, and the exact questions to ask before you hire.
How to Choose an Investigator
Why hire us
Now is not the time for second best
You need a firm that gets the job done, effectively, efficiently, and with your concerns fully resolved. We take a hard line on fraud, financial tampering, computer crime, and employee misconduct.
- Complete confidentiality. Investigations are off-site and secret, colleagues and staff never know.
- We work on your schedule. The 9-to-5 workday doesn't exist here.
- Undivided attention. As a boutique firm, every client gets our full focus.
- We go the extra mile. When it comes to wrongdoing, some say playing hardball is what we're known for.
- Truth in data. Defensible, evidence-driven findings you can act on.
- Plain-language clarity. Complex findings, communicated clearly to you, insurers, counsel, and police.
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For many dentists, the topic of embezzlement is unfamiliar, and they procrastinate out of fear, uncertainty, or doubt. Meet with me for 30 minutes and you'll get a level of expert focus and direction that is second to none.Bill Hiltz, Founder & CEO, Hiltz & Associates
Our Flagship Review
FourCore Practice Review
A smarter way to protect your practice from hidden risk. FourCore is a structured, evidence-driven examination of the four systems that keep a practice financially and operationally sound, and it finds problems before they cost you.
Security
Who can access your data, money, and records, and whether that access is appropriate.
Controls
The checks and procedures that should catch errors and prevent loss.
Accountability
Clear ownership of every transaction, adjustment, and approval.
Nonconformity
Behavioral integrity and operational conformity, how the practice actually operates.
Common questions
Answers before you call
Will my staff or partners find out I've hired you?
No. Our investigations are conducted off-site and in complete secrecy using a safe, secure digital workflow. Unless you consent, your colleagues, staff, and partners will never know we're working on your behalf.
What does an initial consultation cost?
Consultations with Mr. Hiltz are free, and your privacy is assured. In many cases, Bill can help resolve your concerns over the phone.
Do you work with attorneys on dental litigation?
Yes. We provide litigation support and expert services (testifying and non-testifying) for dentists, specialists, practice owners, and their legal counsel in negligence, financial, employment, and partnership matters.
Can you review Dentrix or Open Dental audit trails?
Absolutely. Expert audit-trail and metadata review is one of our most-requested procedures, surfacing the truth in your practice-management data.
Contact Hiltz & Associates
If you suspect employee dishonesty, or you're a dental attorney who needs forensic firepower, we can help. Your inquiry is confidential and goes directly to William Hiltz.