My Old Sleep Lab Under Federal Indictment !!!!

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:33 pm

I had a sleep evaluation study done in the winter of 1998/1999. I refused to return for the titration because they not only didn't have a shower, they didn't even have a private bath or a sink deep enough to wash your hair.

I recently dug thru some old city directories trying to find when they moved from that location and where they are now. I found the, at that time, sleep lab manager. I contacted her trying to obtain a copy of that sleep evaluation study. That's when she told me that the company had been indicted for health care fraud amonst other things and the case is still ongoing in 2007!

Sleep Diagnostics Inc Future Health, headquartered in West Lake Village, California under indictment in Nevada.

http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/issues/ar ... -05_12.asp

According to the Indictment, the SDI defendants were in the business of providing medical diagnostic testing services to the medical community. SDI owned and operated clinics in Las Vegas, Nevada, and in at least 10 other states. SDI defendants marketed a test for diagnosing sleep apnea, a common sleep disorder. The test was referred to as a sleep study or polysomnography.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nv/home/press ... 030305.htm

j.a.taylor · Post by **j.a.taylor** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:58 pm

Whoa!

They might be having some "sleep problems."

Judging by the articles, they're in a lot of trouble.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:10 pm

Well, according to the first article

SDI defendants induced physicians, including Las Vegas physicians, to accept remuneration or “kickbacks” from SDI in exchange for referring patients to SDI laboratories.

I hope it puts the fear of God into some of these other folks. They are a little too chummy, if you know what I mean

Maybe we'll see more of these crackdowns.