West Bloomfield couple charged with $8.8 million in Medicare fraud

DETROIT – A West Bloomfield couple was in court Wednesday to face federal charges after an FBI investigation into their health care business revealed allegations of Medicare fraud.

According to investigators, Usha Shah and Deepak Shah, both 63, submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare totaling more than $8.8 million.

The fraudulent claims were billed to Medicare for home health care services that were medically unnecessary and never provided through their company, Miracle Home Health of Southfield.

"Medicare fraud cheats taxpayers out of money intended to pay for health care. We want providers to know that we are scrutinizing billing records to root out fraud." said U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.

Court documents also allege that the Shahs paid cash kickbacks to recipients whose identifications were then used to bill the Medicare program.