Gwendolyn Gibbs, the owner of the Houston-based Daybreak Rehabilitation Center, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $8.68 million in restitution to Medicare for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Gibbs fraudulently billed Medicare for unnecessary mental health services provided to vulnerable adults with intellectual disabilities. From 2007 to 2016, she submitted fraudulent claims for partial hospitalization program (PHP) services, falsified medical records, and paid kickbacks for patient referrals. Charles Guidry Jr., a manager at Daybreak and Gibbs’ ex-husband, was previously sentenced to 70 months imprisonment for his involvement. Gibbs will remain in custody until her transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility. Source: Press Release.
Clinic Owner Sent to Prison for Orchestrating $15M Medicare Fraud and Kickback Scheme
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