Miami HIV Clinic Physician Found Guilty of Medicare Fraud Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

Miami-area physician Rene De Los Rios, MD, who has been convicted for his role in a $23 million HIV injection and infusion Medicare fraud scheme, has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison, according to a Miami Herald news report.

Dr. De Los Rios practiced at Metro Med, which operated as an HIV infusion clinic for HIV-positive Medicare beneficiaries. Over the course of more than two years, Metro Med submitted nearly $23 million in claims to the Medicare program for injection and infusion treatments that were not medically necessary or were not provided.

Read the news report about Dr. Rene De Los Rios.

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