Another Miami DME owner sentenced for Medicare fraud
Compliance Monitor, January 21, 2009
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Alfredo F. Lopez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for healthcare fraud, according to a Department of Justice press release.
Lopez owned and controlled various durable medical equipment (DME) companies in Miami, FL, that collectively submitted more than $16.5 million in false claims to Medicare for services and equipment that were never provided.
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