Tampa medical group to pay $24.5 million fine to settle DOJ claims

Physician Partners of America is accused of ordering and charging for unneeded tests and other violations.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:10 p.m. April 12, 2022
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  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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Physician Partners of America, founder Rodolfo Gari and former chief medical officer Abraham Rivera must pay $24.5 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for ordering unnecessary tests, making unlawful payments to doctors and lying on applications for COVID-19 relief funds, federal officials say. 

The penalty settles allegations leveled against the Tampa pain management medical group, which has offices in Florida, Texas and California.

 

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