An Oakland County Cardiologist, Dinesh M. Shah, M.D. and his practice, Michigan Physicians Group, P.C. (MPG) have paid the United States $2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing federal healthcare programs for diagnostic testing that was either unnecessary or not performed. MPG is a Michigan professional corporation with primary offices located in Berkley and Livonia, Michigan, and with administrative offices, labs, and testing sites at other locations within the metropolitan Detroit area. Shah is a practicing cardiologist and the sole owner of MPG. This settlement resolves allegations that from 2006 to 2017, Shah and MPG knowingly billed government programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE, for unnecessary diagnostic testing. In addition to the civil settlement agreement, Dinesh Shah and MPG simultaneously entered into an Integrity Agreement with the Office of Inspector General for the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which provides for some oversight of Shah and MPG’s billing practices for a three-year period.
