New York Eye Doctor to Pay $2.5 Million for Health False Claims

A New York-based ophthalmologist, his practice, and related entities will pay more than $2.4 million to resolve claims that they billed or caused to be billed false claims for payment to Medicare and Medicaid for certain procedures, tests, and other services that were either unnecessary or could not have been performed because the ophthalmologist was not in his office, the Justice Department said Thursday.

The defendants allegedly provided ophthalmological health care services to Brooklyn and Queens residents, many of whom were elderly or non-native English speakers, the DOJ said.

Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the defendants, including ...