Therapist sued for overbilling N.J. school district by $200K
Updated May 11, 2021;
A pediatric occupational therapist has been sued by the East Brunswick School District, which alleges they overpaid the business she owns for $200,000 in services that were never rendered.
Rebecca Dean, 42, of Somerset County, faces criminal charges for similar allegations in Edison, where the public school district has alleged in a criminal case that she billed them $75,000 for therapy she never provided.
The East Brunswick suit, filed in Superior Court of Middlesex County, states the district contracted with Dean and Tiny Tots Therapy, for services beginning on Feb. 28, 2008.
For 10 years, the East Brunswick district paid Dean’s company a monthly fee based on invoices submitted by the therapy company, states the suit, filed April 26.
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COVID-19 outbreak grows at Brunswick High School
Brunswick High School currently has four active cases of COVID-19.
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As of Thursday, Brunswick High School has now reported four active cases of COVID-19, up one from when the outbreak was first announced by Superintendent Phil Potenziano in a letter on April 19.
The Maine Center for Disease Control defines an outbreak as three or more cases of COVID-19 within a 14-day period that are epidemiologically linked.
“Please monitor yourself/your student for signs and symptoms,” Potenziano wrote. “A school representative has contacted all close contacts.”
According to a reopening update on April 9, all Brunswick schools will be transitioning from two days to four days per week of in-person learning beginning on April 26 until the end of the school year.