A licensed clinical social worker in Mechanicsville who was convicted of criminal health care fraud agreed to pay $449,014.93 to settle civil fraud claims.

Per court documents, Daniel Jacobsen, 72, knowingly submitted at least $335,824.31 in fraudulent claims for reimbursement to Virginia Medicaid and Medicare for services that were not rendered between January 2017 and December 2022. For example, he billed for more than 16 hours in services in one day and used billing codes for services with higher rates than the services he provided. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Virginia said Jacobsen used false psychotherapy progress notes to show the patients received the services.

On Oct. 17, Jacobsen pled guilty to health care fraud and was later sentenced to three months i

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