Eye doctor billed patients, Medicare for over $8M for surgeries he never performed: Feds

For seven years, a Rye eye doctor billed patients and insurance companies for millions of dollars for surgeries that he never performed, federal prosecutors said.

Dr. Ameet Goyal, who has ophthalmology practices in Rye, Mount Kisco, Wappingers Falls and Greenwich, Connecticut, was arrested today and faces federal charges of health care fraud, wire fraud and making false statements relating to health care matters.

Federal prosecutors will also sue Goyal and his practice, The Eye Associates Group, in civil court under the False Claims Act.

His lawyer, Marc Mukasey, said Goyal will plead not guilty and is confident his client will be exonerated.

Read more: https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2019/11/22/dr-ameet-goyal-rye-eye-doctor-faces-federal-fraud-charges/4273935002/
(Lower Hudson Journal News)