R.I. U.S. Attorney: Former Owner of RI Ophthalmology Chain to Pay $1.1M in Settlement of False Claims Inquiry by United States
April 21, 2023
April 21, 2023
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023:
The United States Attorney's Office has reached an agreement with Paul S. Koch, M.D., the former owner of a chain of Rhode Island ophthalmology practices that bear his name, to resolve civil allegations that Koch paid kickbacks to optometrists who referred patients to him and his practice for cataract surgeries, announced Un . . .
The United States Attorney's Office has reached an agreement with Paul S. Koch, M.D., the former owner of a chain of Rhode Island ophthalmology practices that bear his name, to resolve civil allegations that Koch paid kickbacks to optometrists who referred patients to him and his practice for cataract surgeries, announced Un . . .