DevotedDOc Appoints Miami Native Detective Mike Alvarez to Lead Florida Criminal Justice & Re-Entry Health Initiatives

DevotedDOc, a Florida-based, physician-led telemedicine organization advancing medication treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and re-entry behavioral health, today announced the appointment of Detective Mike Alvarez, a Miami native, to lead its Criminal Justice & Re-Entry Health Services Division across Florida.

Alvarez’s appointment reflects DevotedDOc’s belief that the most effective solutions for justice-involved populations are built and led by people who come from the communities most impacted, leaders who understand not only Florida’s criminal justice system, but also the overlapping public health crises affecting Miami and surrounding regions.

“This is about Miami taking care of Miami,” said Matthew Berrios, DO, Founder and CEO of DevotedDOc. “For decades, our communities have carried the compounded burden of opioid use disorder, HIV, and hepatitis C, conditions that are deeply interconnected and disproportionately affect justice-involved populations. DevotedDOc was built to deliver comprehensive care that treats the full burden of these conditions together, because in real communities, opioid use disorder, HIV, and hepatitis C are rarely separate problems. Addressing these issues in isolation leaves gaps that drive relapse, reinfection, and re-incarceration. Our focus is to deliver the coordinated, clinically rigorous care people need, continuously, from custody through re-entry and back into the community.”

Miami-Native Leadership Focused on Community Health, Not Just Custody

A veteran law enforcement professional, Alvarez brings decades of experience working at the intersection of public safety, behavioral health, and community reintegration. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a Master’s degree in Human Resources, providing the operational and workforce leadership expertise necessary to navigate complex, multi-agency systems spanning law enforcement, healthcare delivery, and community-based services.

In his role, Alvarez will lead DevotedDOC’s criminal justice and re-entry strategy across Florida, overseeing partnerships with:

• County sheriffs and jail administrators
• Specialty courts and diversion programs
• Re-entry nonprofits and community-based organizations
• Regional behavioral health and public health stakeholders

“Miami raised me, and I’ve spent my career serving these communities,” said Detective Mike Alvarez. “I’ve seen how untreated addiction, HIV, and hepatitis C don’t just affect individuals, they destabilize families, neighborhoods, and entire systems. DevotedDOc is building something different: a model that treats people comprehensively, with continuity from custody into the community. That’s how you reduce recidivism and make communities safer.”

Comprehensive Care: Addressing the Full Public Health Trifecta

Unlike fragmented or single-condition programs, DevotedDOc delivers comprehensive, physician-led care for justice-involved individuals, addressing opioid use disorder, HIV, and hepatitis C together, rather than in isolation.

DevotedDOc’s criminal justice and re-entry programs are overseen by regional medical directors triple boarded in toxicology, Addiction, and emergency care, ensuring consistent clinical governance, quality assurance, and alignment with evidence-based standards across all service lines. This structure allows DevotedDOc to support individuals with complex medical and behavioral health needs during incarceration and through re-entry, including:

• Buprenorphine-first MOUD, utilization of technology to ensure patients can get their medication on re-entry
• HIV evaluation, treatment coordination, and continuity of antiretroviral therapy
• Hepatitis C screening, linkage to treatment, and follow-up care
• Partnerships for needle exchange and harm reduction
• Integrated behavioral health support and care navigation

“Miami sits at the crossroads of these epidemics,” said Dr. Berrios. “Opioid use, HIV, and hepatitis C are not separate problems in justice-involved populations, they reinforce one another. Our model is designed to break that cycle by providing comprehensive medical and behavioral health care under a single, physician-led framework.”

The Florida 72-Hour Bridge: From Custody to Community

Under Alvarez’s leadership, DevotedDOc will expand its “Florida 72-Hour Bridge”, a structured transition-of-care model designed to reduce overdose risk, prevent treatment interruption, and stabilize individuals during the critical first days following release.

The program ensures that individuals leave custody with:

• Pharmacy-ready medications, including MOUD and other essential therapies with the ability to coordinate direct delivery when appropriate
• A medical visit within 24 hours of release, ensuring no lapse in care during the highest-risk window
• Coordinated handoffs to community partners, peer support, and re-entry organizations where available
• Ongoing medical oversight through DevotedDOc’s regional clinical leadership and medical directors

Built specifically for Florida’s decentralized jail and re-entry ecosystem, DevotedDOc’s model integrates through a proprietary clinical technology and interoperable EHR infrastructure designed to connect seamlessly with the majority of healthcare systems nationwide. This eliminates costly IT overhauls and closes one of the most common failure points in re-entry care: broken medical communication across custody and the community.

As a result, sheriffs and community partners gain measurable performance insight, not just clinical notes, including continuity metrics, first-fill success rates, ED utilization, and overdose-risk signals. This allows leadership to track real-world outcomes, improve interventions, and strengthen accountability tied to reduced recidivism.

A Florida-First Investment in Safer Communities

DevotedDOc’s approach reflects a long-term investment in Florida, not just as a market, but as a community. By pairing Miami-native leadership with comprehensive clinical infrastructure, DevotedDOC is positioning itself as a trusted partner to local governments, courts, and community organizations seeking durable solutions to entrenched public health and public safety challenges.

“This is personal,” Alvarez added. “It’s about giving people a real chance to come home healthier than when they left and giving Miami and Florida the tools to break cycles that have gone on for far too long.”

About DevotedDOc

DevotedDOc is a physician-led telemedicine organization providing comprehensive care for opioid use disorder, HIV, hepatitis C, and behavioral health conditions, with a focus on justice-involved and underserved populations. Through partnerships with correctional systems, courts, nonprofits, and community stakeholders, DevotedDOc delivers integrated, evidence-based care that supports continuity, reduces recidivism, and strengthens community health across Florida.

For more information, visit www.devoteddoc.com.