Dr. Barbeito was sentenced to five years and 10 months of prison last year after he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and dispense a controlled substance. He worked at Miami-based General Care Center, which the report described as “an all-cash pill mill.”
He received $1,500 to $2,000 per week plus a $120 cash bonus for every opioid prescription he wrote between March 2018 to November 2019 to patients who did not have a legitimate medical need.
His sentence was reduced to three years and six months after he was prepared to testify against General Care’s shadow owner.
