A Danville resident has been sentenced to five years of probation, including 12 months of home detention, after pleading guilty to health care fraud that resulted in a loss of more than $116,000 to Medicaid. Jacquelyn Farrish, 62, admitted to one count of health care fraud in February 2025.
Farrish was also ordered to pay $116,536 in restitution to the Virginia Medicaid program and must complete 200 hours of community service.
Court documents state that Farrish was married to A.L., a Medicaid recipient who received Agency Directed Care Services. The couple lived together in Northern Virginia until about 2017 when Farrish moved to Danville while A.L. remained in Northern Virginia before later relocating to Richmond.
In October 2018, Farrish applied for services through the Consumer Directed Care Program and listed A.L. as her paid personal care attendant despite his not living in Danville. Between October 2018 and February 2023, she submitted fraudulent timesheets using A.L.’s information and claimed nearly 10,000 hours of services that were never provided.
The total loss from these false claims amounted to $116,536.
“Robert N. Tracci, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares made the announcement.”
The case is being investigated by the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of the Inspector General and the Virginia Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Charlene Day and Special Assistant United States Attorney and Assistant Attorney General Nicole Terry are prosecuting the case.
