( February 14, 2024, 10:15 AM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida federal judge stayed a physician’s qui tam suit alleging that a Medicare Advantage organization (MAO) and an independent physician association (IPA) violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by artificially increasing patients’ risk assessment scores, finding that an added claim for breach of contract must be arbitrated pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the physician’s practice and the IPA....