Ana Alvarez, MD, and Sandra Mateos will serve 30 years and 7 years in prison, respectively. The pair, who worked at Saint Jude Rehab Center in Doral, Fla., was accused of conspiring to pay kickbacks to patients in the form of $150 payments in exchange for their Medicare numbers. Dr. Alvarez was also accused of unnecessarily ordering hundreds of HIV infusion treatments that pocketed Saint Jude more than $8 million, according to the report.
Read the Bloomberg Businessweek news report about Dr. Ana Alvarez and Sandra Mateos’ sentence.
Read other coverage about Medicare fraud:
– CHRISTUS Health in Houston to Pay $1M Settlement in Medicare Fraud Lawsuit
– New York Surgeon Charged With Bilking $3.5M From Healthcare Insurance Companies
– California’s El Centro Regional Medical Center to Pay $2.2M to Settle Medicare Fraud Allegations
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