Miami physician sentenced in Medicare fraud case
South Florida Business Journal
Miami physician Roberto Rodriguez, 54, was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison and ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion services.
Rodriguez was indicted in February, along with two other doctors in connection with a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme. He pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
Rodriguez was a co-owner of and physician at Midway Medical Center, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in the treatment of HIV patients, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
He admitted that, while at Midway, he and his co-conspirators billed Medicare for services that were medically unnecessary and in many instances never provided. He also admitted that he purchased only a small amount of the drugs that he claimed to administer to patients and that he falsified medical records, according to the news release.
Rodriguez also admitted that he was listed as medical director and practicing physician for five other Miami-area HIV infusion clinics between October 2003 and February 2005, where he engaged in similar activity.
He admitted to filing more than $20 million in false claims.
Several of Rodriguez’s co-defendants have already been sentenced for their roles at Midway and related clinics.
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