Sleep clinic settles FCA suit.

HMSD Inc. has paid over $550,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, according to a press release from the Houston U.S. Attorney's Office.

HMSD Inc. is an Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility specializing in the treatment of sleep disorders. The federal government alleged that the HMSD Inc. technicians who administered sleep diagnostic tests did not hold the proper certification, although HMSD Inc. certified it had licensed technologists performing the tests. The government alleged that "HMSD Inc. … should not have billed the tests to Medicare nor should they have received Medicare reimbursement for the tests.”

In addition to the monetary settlement, HMSD Inc. has entered into an "integrity agreement" with the government, "to promote compliance with the statutes, regulations, program requirements and written directives of Medicare, Medicaid and all federal health care programs."