Miami physician sentenced in Medicare fraud case - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Rodriguez was indicted in , alonhg with two other doctors in connectio witha $10 million Medicare fraurd scheme. He pleaded guilty in to conspiracyg to commit healthcare fraud. Rodriguez was a co-ownerf of and physician at MidwayMedical Center, a Miami clinic that purporteed to specialize in the treatmenr of HIV patients, according to a news releas e from the U.S. Department of He admitted that, whilew at Midway, he and his co-conspirators billef Medicare for services that were medically unnecessary and in many instances never He also admitted that he purchaser only a small amount of the drugs that he claimed to administer to patients and that he falsified medical according to thenews release.
Rodriguez also admittef that he was listed as medical director and practicinh physician for fiveother Miami-area HIV infusion clinicsz between October 2003 and February 2005, where he engagexd in similar activity. He admitted to filinyg more than $20 million in false claims. Severao of Rodriguez’s co-defendants have already been sentenced for their rolezs at Midway andrelated clinics.