Fla. Eye Doctor Says Overbilling Was 'Honest Mistake'

By Carolina Bolado · March 9, 2017, 10:03 PM EST

As they opened their Medicare fraud case against Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen on Thursday, federal prosecutors described a scheme rife with unnecessary eye injections, misdiagnoses and even treatments billed for glass...

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April 14, 2015

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