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Fresno Clinic Owner Sentenced to 46 Months for $1.5M in Medicare Scams
FRESNO, Calif. — Jeremy Gober, 43, of Hanford, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for committing health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
According to court documents, Gober co-owned and operated Got Sleep Inc., which operated sleep clinics in Fresno and Orange Counties. Sleep clinics perform diagnostic sleep studies to identify disorders like sleep apnea and narcolepsy.
From August 2016 through July 2020, Jeremy Gober caused Got Sleep to submit thousands of claims to Medicare and Medi-Cal for sleep studies that were not actually performed on patients. The claims also falsely stated that the patients had been referred for the sleep studies by physicians with whom Jeremy Gober had previously worked.
This was done because Medicare and Medi-Cal will not pay for a sleep study unless the patient was referred by a physician. Gober caused more than $1.5 million in fraudulent claims to be submitted and $587,000 to be paid out by Medicare and Medi-Cal.
The case is not an isolated incident, as Gober’s brother, Travis Gober, was sentenced to 19 months in prison for his conviction in a similar health care fraud and aggravated identity theft scheme related to other sleep clinics in the Central Valley.
This case was the product of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the California Department of Health Care Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Barton prosecuted the case.
The U.S. Department of Justice has made it clear that it will prosecute those who take advantage of our healthcare system for their own financial gain. This sentencing sends a strong message that health care fraud will not be tolerated in California or anywhere else in the country.
Key Facts
- State: California
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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