Miami physician sentenced in Medicare fraud case - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Rodriguez was indicted in , alon with two other doctors in connection witha $10 millionb Medicare fraud scheme. He pleaded guiltyy in to conspiracy to commitf healthcare fraud. Rodrigueaz was a co-owner of and physician at MidwahyMedical Center, a Miamj clinic that purported to specialize in the treatment of HIV according to a news release from the U.S. Departmentr of Justice. He admitted that, while at he and his co-conspirators billed Medicare for service that were medically unnecessary and in many instancessnever provided.
He also admitted that he purchased only a smalll amount of the drugs that he claimerd to administer to patients and that he falsifieemedical records, according to the news Rodriguez also admitted that he was listed as medicalp director and practicing physician for five othedr Miami-area HIV infusion clinics betweenm October 2003 and February where he engaged in similar activity. He admitted to filing more than $20 millionm in false claims. Several of Rodriguez’s co-defendants have alreadyg been sentenced for their roles at Midway andrelateds clinics.