GEICO is taking aim at three Florida clinics it says operated a coordinated PIP fraud scheme worth more than $3.7 million.
The insurer filed suit on March 13 in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, naming ten defendants across three Tampa-area clinics – Relief and Rehab, Inc. f/k/a Del Sol Care & Rehab Center, Inc., Renew Health Center LLC f/k/a Baycare Health Center, LLC, and Tampa Bay Therapy Care, Inc. – referred to collectively in court papers as the “Fossi Clinics.”
At the heart of the case is Carlos E. Fossi, M.D., approximately 81 years old, who GEICO says falsely purported to serve as medical director at all three locations. According to the filing, Fossi was never genuinely the medical director at any of the clinics and only occasionally showed up – if at all. Licensing applications submitted to the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration allegedly indicated he was present at certain clinics just once a month…