While a federal jury is still weeks away from deciding whether Palm Beach County retinal specialist Dr. Salomon Melgen bilked Medicare out of as much as $105 million, they learned on Monday that his far-flung practice was immensely lucrative.
Diagnosing and treating thousands of elderly patients for wet macular degeneration at four clinics from Delray Beach to Port St. Lucie, Melgen raked in millions more from Medicare for various tests and procedures than any other eye specialist in the nation, according to figures compiled by an FBI intelligence analyst.
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