(November 1, 2023, 4:19 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida federal judge denied dismissal motions filed by a Medicare Advantage organization (MAO) and an independent physician association (IPA) in a physician’s qui tam suit against them alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) for his purported refusal to “play ball” to artificially increase patients’ risk assessment scores, finding that the physician credibly alleged that his protected conduct of trying to stop alleged FCA violations resulted in purported retaliation and loss of his patients....