A Mechanicsville-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Daniel Jacobsen, has agreed to pay $449,014.93 to settle civil fraud claims after being convicted of criminal health care fraud. The settlement is in addition to amounts previously ordered as part of his criminal case.
Court documents state that between January 2017 and December 2022, Jacobsen submitted at least $335,824.31 in fraudulent reimbursement claims to Virginia Medicaid and Medicare for services not provided. These included billing for more than 16 hours of services in a single day and using codes for more complex procedures than those actually performed. False psychotherapy progress notes were used to support these claims.
Jacobsen pleaded guilty to health care fraud on October 17, 2024. He was sentenced on March 13 to three months in prison. In the criminal proceedings, he paid $316,338.31 in restitution and was ordered to pay $335,821.31 in forfeiture along with a $100,000 fine. Including the civil settlement, the total amount paid by Jacobsen is $1,201,174.55.
The case involved cooperation between the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit from the Office of the Virginia Attorney General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carla Jordan-Detamore handled the criminal prosecution while Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert McIntosh and Virginia Assistant Attorneys General Joseph Hall, Ray Bowman, and Christopher Salerno investigated the civil matter.
“A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia,” according to officials.
Case records are available through PACER under case number 3:24‑cr‑140.
Officials note that “the civil claims settled are allegations only; there has been no determination of civil liability.”
