2 Miami-Dade doctors, 2 assistants convicted of Medicare fraud
A federal jury said two Miami-Dade doctors and two medical assistants filed $5.3 million in bogus Medicare claims.
By JAY WEAVER
jweaver@MiamiHerald.com
They manipulated blood samples. Falsified medical records. Wrote prescriptions for HIV patients who didn’t need their obsolete drugs.
They even tossed out the infusion medication but kept the empty bottles in case Medicare investigators ever checked out their fraudulent clinics. On Tuesday, a federal jury convicted two Miami-Dade doctors and two medical assistants of plotting to submit millions of dollars in bogus bills to Medicare — a fraud case that stands out because one defendant allegedly tried to flee near the end of the trial.
The 12-person jury found Dr. David Rothman, Dr. Keith Russell, Eda Marietta Milanes and Jorge Luis Pacheco guilty of conspiring to commit fraud and other charges for filing $5.3 million in false HIV-therapy claims with the nation’s healthcare program.
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