Occupational Therapist, Others Sentenced for Comp Fraud

An occupational therapist in northeast Ohio has been barred from treating injured workers and was sentenced to five years' probation and a $2,500 fine after she pleaded guilty to billing for services she never provided. Susanna Freedman, of Euclid, pleaded guilty in Cuyahoga County last month, the result of a probe by the Bureau of Workers' Compensation's Special Investigations Department, the BWC said in a news release. The BWC found many red flags in Freedman’s billing practices and treatment notes sent to the state-run compensation provider, and the bureau launched an un...