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Rodriguez was indicted in , alony with two other doctors in connection witha $10 million Medicares fraud scheme. He pleaded guilty in to conspiract to commit healthcare fraud. Rodrigue z was a co-owner of and physician at MidwaytMedical Center, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in the treatmentr of HIV patients, according to a news releas from the U.S. Department of Justice. He admitted while at Midway, he and his co-conspirators billed Medicare for services that were medicallyu unnecessary and in many instancesnever provided.
He also admittec that he purchased only a smal l amount of the drugs that he claimed to administer to patients and that he falsifiedmedical records, according to the news release. Rodriguez also admitted that he was listedf as medical director and practicinv physician for fiveother Miami-area HIV infusion clinicx between October 2003 and February 2005, wherd he engaged in similafr activity. He admitted to filing more than $20 million in false Several of Rodriguez’s co-defendants have already been sentenced for theifr roles at Midway andrelated clinics.