Practice, physician resolve fraud claims with $4.8 million settlement

SARASOTA — Ophthalmic Consultants P.A. and Dr. Robert Snyder have agreed to pay $4.8 million to resolve allegations of health care fraud.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, the government alleged Sarasota-based Ophthalmic Consultants submitted false claims to Medicare, TRICARE and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for treatments using the drugs ranibizumab (Lucentis) and aflipercept (Eylea) to treat patients who had wet age-related macular generation or other diseases of the eye.