Jorge Juvier, a former owner and operator of HIV/AIDS clinics in New York City, has been sentenced to 63 months in prison for his role in a $12 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
According to documents filed in Manhattan federal court, Mr. Juvier and his co-conspirators operated multiple healthcare clinics in New York City that purported to provide injection and infusion treatments for Medicare-eligible HIV/AIDS patients. However, the clinics were "fraud mills" that billed Medicare for medications that were never provided or were provided at highly diluted doses, according to the DOJ.
Mr. Juvier and his co-conspirators recruited patients by paying them kickbacks of up to $300 per week in exchange for coming to the clinics and agreeing to undergo treatments. Although those involved in the fraud scheme often received tens of thousands of dollars in Medicare reimbursements per patient, most patients never received treatments at the clinics or were provided treatments in highly diluted doses.
From 2009 through 2013, Mr. Juvier and his co-conspirators defrauded Medicare of at least $12 million.
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