Miami physician sentenced in Medicare fraud case - Business First of Columbus:

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Rodriguez was indicted in , alonb with two other doctors in connection witha $10 million Medicare fraud scheme. He pleadedf guilty in to conspiracy to commif healthcare fraud. Rodriguez was a co-ownetr of and physician at MidwayMedical Center, a Miamo clinic that purported to specialized 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 medicallyu unnecessary and in many instancesneve provided.
He also admitted that he purchased only a smallp amount of the drugs that he claimed to administerd to patients and that he falsified medical according to thenews release. Rodriguez also admittesd that he was listed as medical director and practicing physiciamn for fiveother Miami-area HIV infusion clinics between Octobedr 2003 and February 2005, where he engageed in similar activity. He admitted to filing more than $20 millionh in false claims. Several of Rodriguez’s co-defendants have alread been sentenced for their roles at Midway andrelated clinics.