A Gainesboro nursing home over-billed Medicaid by $1.2 million, a report by the Comptroller found.(Photo: Getty Images / iStockphoto)The owner of a nursing home 80 miles northeast of Nashville claimed more than $2 million in Medicaid expenses that were instead spent for personal use, including purchases at discount stores, restaurants, furniture stores, nail salons, personal travel and, in one instance, to help pay for the wedding of the owner’s daughter.Mabry Healthcare & Rehab Center reported hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses to care for patients on Medicaid, including $176,000 in gift cards, $134,000 in personal travel expenses and $81,000 in personal legal fees over a five year period, according to the audit. Owner Kathleen Graves also claimed for reimbursement of $322,500 paid to a business run by her husband, $33,162 spent on her daughter’s college tuition and $1,184 for her daughter’s wedding.Graves billed for children’s clothing, western wear, car washes, tickets to sporting and entertainment …
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Nursing home bills Medicaid for millions spent on personal use – The Tennessean