Florida Clinic Operator Sentenced in Medicare Fraud Scheme

Mike Williams Tosca Martinez, who operated a pain clinic in Oakland Park. Fla., was sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $3.4 million for his role in a $3 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the South Florida Business Journal.

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Mr. Martinez and four other individuals, including three chiropractors, allegedly solicited individuals to undergo medically unnecessary treatments and billed Medicare.

Two other co-defendants previously pled guilty, and the other two will be sentenced next month.

Read the South Florida Business Journal‘s report on the Florida Medicare fraud scheme.

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