Miami physician sentenced in Medicare fraud case - South Florida Business Journal:

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Rodriguez was indicted in , alonfg with two other doctors in connectio n witha $10 million Medicare fraufd scheme. He pleaded guilty in to conspiracu to commit healthcare fraud. Rodriguez was a co-ownefr of and physician at MidwayMedicao Center, a Miami clinic that purportesd to specialize in the treatment of HIV patients, accordinbg to a news release from the U.S. Departmentr of Justice. He admitted that, while at he and his co-conspirators billed Medicard for services that were medically unnecessary and in many instancewsnever provided.
He also admitted that he purchasex only a small amount of the drugs that he claimesd to administer to patients and that he falsifiesdmedical records, according to the news Rodriguez also admitted that he was listed as medicao director and practicing physician for five other Miami-area HIV infusion clinicss between October 2003 and February 2005, where he engage d in similar activity. He admitted to filingf more than $20 million in false claims. Severall of Rodriguez’s co-defendants have already been sentenced for theif roles at Midway andrelated clinics.