April 13, 2016

Florida Pain Medicine Associates, Inc. and its owners, Drs. Bart Gatz, Alexis Renta, and Albert Rodriguez, agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary nerve conduction studies.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Rosa Gomez, who had worked in Florida Pain Medicine’s billing department.  She will receive a whistleblower award of $242,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery.  DOJ (SDFL)

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