The majority owner of a Rock Island nursing home has been indicted in a federal Medicare fraud case involving more than $64 million in alleged false claims for medical equipment.
Rajiv Shah, 65, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is listed as the 91% direct owner of St. Anthony’s Nursing & Rehab Center in Rock Island, according to ProPublica’s nursing-home ownership records.
The federal case does not accuse the Rock Island nursing home of submitting the claims. Prosecutors said the alleged scheme centered on Shah’s Florida medical billing company and durable medical equipment suppliers that billed Medicare for braces and related items…