11th Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Florida Eye Doctor’s Request for New Medicare Fraud Trial
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law
On July 31, 2020, a panel of U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal judges upheld a 17-year prison sentence for a Florida ophthalmologist found guilty of Medicare fraud. The three-judge panel rejected an appeal in which Salomon Melgen claimed prosecutors mishandled his 2017 criminal trial.
It upheld the conviction on all 67 counts, deemed the 17-year-sentence to be even-handed, and denied him a new trial.
Details of the Case and Why the Former Ophthalmologist Requested a New Trial.
To understand how the panel reached their decision, it helps to understand the details of the scheme and the accusations. Back in April 2017, a jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Melgen of carrying out systemic billing fraud at his […]