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For dentists, dental specialists, practice owners, and the attorneys who represent them. Forensic, investigative, and advisory work, delivered with discretion.
How we work
Our dental embezzlement and financial investigations are conducted off-site and in complete secrecy.
We use proprietary techniques to ensure a safe, secure, and easy-to-use digital workflow. Unless you consent, your colleagues, staff, and partners will never know we’re working on your behalf.
We have decades of experience with dentists, specialists, practice owners, and attorneys in matters involving allegations of fraud and employee dishonesty, loss quantification, data reconstruction for legal proceedings, and digital forensics.
Full capabilities
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fraud & Embezzlement
From hardening your controls to recovering your losses, we cover every stage.
Recommend and implement internal controls that reduce or remove opportunities for employee theft.
Examine and analyze your practice data and business records for evidence of a financial crime.
Investigate, identify, verify, and report losses, for internal use, recovery, or prosecution.
Assist with recovery from employee-dishonesty insurance, settlement negotiations, or civil litigation.
Litigation Support
We support investigations and disputes involving negligence claims, financial and partnership conflicts, employment matters, and financial fraud.
We serve dentists, dental specialists, practice owners, and their legal counsel, whether you’re bringing a claim or defending one. Bill communicates complex findings clearly to courts, commercial-crime underwriters, attorneys, and law enforcement.
Schedule an initial consultDigital Forensics
We determine who did what, and when, on a digital device, and reconstruct the record when it matters most.
From practice-management audit trails to deleted-data recovery, our work turns electronic evidence into clear, defensible findings for insurance, negligence claims, and legal proceedings.
Why forensics is more than an audit trailIf you are a dentist or practice owner who suspects employee dishonesty in your practice, we can help. Consultations with Mr. Hiltz are free, and your privacy is assured.Hiltz & Associates
Common questions
Yes. Your first 30 minute conversation with William Hiltz is free and confidential, and in many cases he can point you in the right direction on that call alone.
An audit trail review is a smart, affordable first step when you suspect something is wrong but have not confirmed it. If it turns up something serious, a full investigation looks well beyond the software. We will tell you honestly which one fits your situation during your consultation.
Most work is billed hourly, generally $125 to $400 per hour depending on complexity, and some engagements can be quoted as a flat fee after an initial consultation. A pay as you go option is also available for limited, targeted guidance.
No, not unless you want them to. Our investigations are conducted off-site and in complete secrecy, using a secure digital workflow, so nothing happens on-site and nothing is visible to your team unless you consent.
Yes. We support both sides, providing digital forensics, discovery assistance, case strategy, and expert witness testimony for dental attorneys, in addition to working directly with dentists, specialists, and practice owners.
Tell us what’s on your mind. A 30-minute conversation with Bill brings expert focus and direction that’s second to none, and it’s free.
