Physician Partners of America to Pay $24.5M for FCA Allegations

Physician Partners of America LLC, its founder, and its former chief medical officer have agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health-care programs for unnecessary medical testing and services, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

The U.S. alleged that PPOA, headquartered in Tampa, Fla., submitted claims for medically unnecessary urine drug testing and required genetic and psychological testing for patients before being seen by physicians, which federal health-care programs were then billed for, according to the department.

The DOJ also alleged that PPOA sought to compensate for lost revenue ...