On September 8, 2016, Miguel Burgos, M.D., 60, of Gotha, Florida, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to make false statements relating to health care matters.

Burgos was the medical director of several Orlando-area clinics and is alleged to have conspired with Yosbel Marimon, one of the clinics’ owners, to defraud Medicare by causing the submission and concealment of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.  According to the indictment, Burgos allegedly signed fraudulent medical records that authorized the unnecessary treatment of Medicare beneficiaries and did so without examining the Medicare beneficiaries or the documents themselves.  These documents were allegedly used to support fraudulent claims to Medicare for expensive prescription drugs and physical therapy that were not provided and were not medically necessary.  The indictment alleges that during the scheme, Burgos and his co-conspirators billed approximately $13.8 million to Medicare based on the false and fraudulent claims.