Doctor to Pay $1.8 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Performing “Unnecessary” Surgeries

A Conyers doctor agreed to pay nearly $2 million in settlements after she was accused of performing “unnecessary” surgeries.

Doctor Aarti D. Pandya, who also runs Pandya Practice group, agreed to pay $1,850,000 after a lawsuit was filed claiming she performed these surgeries to receive insurance payments from Medicare, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

From 2011 to 2016, Pandya was believed to have performed cataract extraction surgeries and YAG laser capsulotomies, even when customers didn’t have cataracts. Some of the patients were injured during these procedures, according to the release.

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