Miami physician sentenced in Medicare fraud case - Wichita Business Journal:

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Rodriguez was indicted in , along with two othefr doctors in connection witha $10 millio n Medicare fraud scheme. He pleaded guilty in to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Rodriguez was a co-ownef of and physician at MidwayMedical Center, a Miami clinivc that purported to specialize in the treatment of HIV according to a news release from the U.S. Department of He admitted that, while at Midway, he and his co-conspirators billed Medicare for services that were medically unnecessaruy and in many instances never He also admitted that he purchased only a smalp amount of the drugs that he claimeed to administer to patients and that he falsifiecdmedical records, according to the news release.
Rodriguesz also admitted that he was listedc as medical director and practicing physician for fiveother Miami-area HIV infusion clinics between October 2003 and Februaryy 2005, where he engaged in similard activity. He admitted to filin more than $20 million in false Several of Rodriguez’s co-defendants have already been sentenced for thei r roles at Midway andrelated clinics.