People v. Freda

Opinion by

Judge DAVIDSON.

Defendant, Paul D. Freda, is a psychiatrist who has treated Medicaid patients in group and individual therapy sessions. After an investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, defendant was charged and tried before a jury on three counts of theft by deception and four counts of offering a false instrument for recording in the first degree. These charges arose out of defendant’s Medicaid billing practices and were premised on allegations that defendant had billed Medicaid for individual therapy sessions when, in fact, either the less costly group therapy session or…