Zachary T. Lee Acting United States Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia
A Roanoke home health care attendant has admitted to billing Medicaid for services she did not provide. Vicki Lynn Dowdy, 55, pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud in federal court and now faces up to 10 years in prison. She was also ordered to pay $24,760 in restitution to the Virginia Medicaid program.
Court documents state that Dowdy worked as a home health attendant and was contracted to provide home health care and respite care services for two Medicaid recipients identified as Individual 1 and Individual 2. Between January 16, 2021, and March 30, 2022, Dowdy submitted false timesheets claiming she provided nearly 2,000 hours of services that were never rendered. This led Medicaid to pay her $24,760 for the fraudulent claims.
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 investigation is being conducted 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 are prosecuting the case.
"Robert N. Tracci, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares made the announcement."
"The Virginia Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the United States Department of Health and Human Services is investigating the case."
"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."
