November 2, 2018

Metropolitan Retina Associates, Inc. and its owner, Dr. Kenneth S. Felder, have settled a False Claims Act investigation by agreeing to pay $2,064,559 for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. As part of the settlement, the New York-based ophthalmology practice admitted and accepted responsibility for submitting claims involving medically unnecessary and improperly documented fluorescein angiograms, as well as ultrasounds of the eye. USAO SDNY

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