A Roanoke home health care attendant has pleaded guilty to health care fraud after admitting to billing Medicaid for services that were not provided. Vicki Lynn Dowdy, 55, entered her plea in federal court and now faces a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison. She has also been ordered to pay $24,760 in restitution to the Virginia Medicaid program.
Court documents show that Dowdy was hired as a home health attendant to deliver personal and respite care services to two Medicaid recipients in the Roanoke area. Between January 16, 2021, and March 30, 2022, she submitted fraudulent timesheets and billed Medicaid for nearly 2,000 hours of services that were never performed.
Medicaid paid Dowdy $24,760 based on these false claims.
“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 Virginia Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
“Assistant U.S. Attorney Charlene R. Day and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Terry, a Senior Assistant Attorney General with the Virginia Attorney General’s Office, are prosecuting the case.”
