A Danville woman was sentenced to five years of probation, including 12 months of home detention, for health care fraud that resulted in a loss of more than $116,000 to Medicaid. Jacquelyn Farrish, 62, pleaded guilty in February 2025 to one count of health care fraud. In addition to her sentence, she must pay $116,536 in restitution to the Virginia Medicaid program and perform 200 hours of community service.
According to court documents, Farrish was married to A.L., a Medicaid recipient who received Agency Directed Care Services. Until about 2017, both lived in Northern Virginia before Farrish moved to Danville while A.L. remained in Northern Virginia and later relocated 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. From October 2018 through February 2023, she submitted fraudulent timesheets using A.L.’s personal information and claimed he provided nearly 10,000 hours of services that were never performed.
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.
“Robert N. Tracci, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares made the announcement.”
“Assistant U.S. Attorney Charlene Day and Special Assistant United States Attorney and Assistant Attorney General Nicole Terry are prosecuting the case.”
