Date Filed:
Monday, January 1, 2007
Settlement Amount:
$15,301,341
A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against American Sleep Medicine LLC who is accused of billing Medicare, TRICARE, and the Railroad Retirement Medicare Program for sleep diagnostic services that were not eligible for payment.
The whistleblower will receive $2,601,228 of the government's recovery.
The initial whistleblower case was filed in 2007. The government's complaint alleged that American Sleep submitted false claims to Medicare and TRICARE between Jan. 1, 2004, and Dec. 31, 2011. They were false because the diagnostic testing services were performed by technicians who lacked the required credentials or certifications which is in violation of the False Claims Act.
