The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania PC has agreed to pay $790,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations of civil liability for submitting claims to Medicare for Evaluation & Management services that violated Medicare rules and regulations. There is an office near Pottsville.

According to the Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus, between Sept.1, 2018, and April 7, 2025, ECOP submitted claims to Medicare Part B for E&M services on the same date of service for beneficiaries receiving bilateral eye injections in violation of the applicable Medicare rules and regulations.

“The United States Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Pennsylvania is dedicated to working with its law enforcement partners to zealously investigate allegations of the submission of unsupported claims to federal health care programs,” Gurganus said. “Improperly billing federal health care programs increases the costs of these taxpayer-funded programs.

“Settlements like this one are an important part of the fight against fraud, waste and abuse.”

“Providers who participate in the Medicare program must abide by the program’s rules when submitting claims,” said Maureen Dixon, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. “HHS-OIG is committed to protecting the integrity of the Medicare program and maintaining the trust of the people it serves.

“We will continue to work with the United States Attorney’s Office and other law enforcement partners to address allegations brought under the False Claims Act.”