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Detroit PT Assistant And HHA Co-Owner Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Detroit-area physical therapy assistant, patient recruiter and HHA owner Syed Shah has pled guilty for his role in a $22 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
From 2008 to 2012, Troy, Mich.-based Prestige Home Health Services Inc. paid Shah kickbacks for Medicare beneficiary information that the HHA used to bill Medicare for services that were never rendered or were medically unnecessary, according to plea documents. Shah admitted to signing documents and progress notes indicating he had provided PT services when he hadn’t, according to the DOJ.
When Shah became an owner of Royal Home Health Care Inc. in 2009, it engaged in the same scheme, paying kickbacks for bene information used to bill services that were never furnished or were medically unnecessary.
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