New York Eye Doc Faces Charges in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud (1)

A New York ophthalmologist is accused of falsifying millions of dollars in Medicare, Medicaid, and other health insurance claims by exaggerating the complexity and cost of procedures and tests he performed.

Dr. Ameet Goyal of Rye, N.Y., was accused in an indictment unsealed Nov. 22 of consistently “upcoding” his services to claim higher reimbursements for procedures he had performed and billing for work he hadn’t performed at all, federal prosecutors said.

The Justice Department also filed a civil False Claims Act lawsuit against him and his practice, the Eye Associates Group. Both cases were filed in the U.S. District Court ...