Donna Dzienisewski Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Submitting False Healthcare Claims

TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced that a Monmouth County woman received a three-year state prison term for submitting fraudulent healthcare claims that totaled more than $500,000 to her insurer over a two-year span.

Donna Dzienisewski, 41, of Middletown, was sentenced by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mellaci Jr. She pleaded guilty in October to second-degree health care claims fraud.

Dzienisewski admitted that between March 18, 2011 and March 12, 2013, she submitted 107 claims to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey that gave the false impression that she incurred approximately $502,740 in total reimbursable expenses for health care services. Dzienisewski never actually visited the doctor on 101 of those occasions and incurred no medical expenses at all on those occasions. She incurred