A Danville resident has been sentenced to five years’ probation, including 12 months of home detention, after pleading guilty to health care fraud involving the Virginia Medicaid program. Jacquelyn Farrish, 62, admitted to submitting fraudulent claims for nearly 10,000 hours of personal care services that were never provided. The scheme resulted in a loss of more than $116,000 to Medicaid.
Farrish was also ordered by the court to pay $116,536 in restitution and complete 200 hours of community service. According to court documents, she listed her estranged husband A.L., who lived separately in Northern Virginia and later Richmond, as her paid personal care attendant on applications for the Consumer Directed Care Program beginning in October 2018. Despite A.L. not residing with her or providing any services, Farrish continued submitting timesheets claiming he had performed home health and respite care from October 2018 through February 2023.
The case was announced by Robert N. Tracci, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares.
“The Department of Health and Human Services- Office of the Inspector General and the Virginia Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit are investigating the case.”
“Assistant U.S. Attorney Charlene Day and Special Assistant United States Attorney and Assistant Attorney General Nicole Terry are prosecuting the case.”
A copy of this press release is available on the website for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia.
