A Danbury-based psychiatrist and mental health practice accused of billing Medicare for brief patient “visits” over the phone agreed to pay over $36,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.

U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly announced on Wednesday that the psychiatrist, Anton Fry, and the practice he founded, CPC Associates Inc. of Danbury, entered into the civil settlement, which totals $36,704.