Old Bridge Physical Therapist Charged With Insurance Fraud

OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A Middlesex County physical therapist has been charged with allegedly billing insurance providers for patient treatments that she never actually gave them. Marina Dreytser, who owns the A&M Physical Therapy clinic in Old Bridge and the AM Physical Therapy clinic in Edison, was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday, the state Attorney General said.

Dreytser, a 43-year-old Marlboro resident, allegedly submitted fraudulent claims totaling $24,485 for physical therapy treatments purportedly performed by herself or another practitioner at her clinics. According to the indictment, those treatments were never rendered, including those that Dreytser claimed to have performed during a two-week period when she was vacationing in Peru.

She was indicted on 16 counts of second-degree health care claims fraud and three counts of third-degree theft by deception in connection with 16 false claims she allegedly submitted to numerous insurance carriers between June and October of 2014, the AG said.

The claims were submitted to Aetna Health Plans, Allstate Insurance Company, Cigna, Cigna Health Plans, GEICO, Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey, Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield of South Carolina, New Jersey Medicare, and United Healthcare.

Deputy Attorney General Michael Clore presented the case to the grand jury on June 1. Detectives Justin Callahan, Ronald Allen, and James Mahady coordinated the investigation with assistance from analyst Marwa Kashef.