The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against a company that provides doctors and other health professionals to work in hospitals in Florida and many other states. IPC The Hospitalist Group operates practice groups in Jacksonville, Ocala, Southwest Florida, Tampa, Broward County, Palm Beach County, Miami-Dade County and Orlando.
According to the lawsuit, the company repeatedly pressured its doctors to submit bills that would bring in more revenue than warranted, the Naples Daily News reports (paywall alert).
Hospitalists are physicians who are based in hospitals to coordinate patients’ care from admission to discharge.