The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has completed a Medicaid Examination of Ebenezer Home of Tennessee, Inc., which does business in Antioch, TN under the name Good Samaritan Health and Rehab Center.
Comptroller auditors made six findings as they reviewed the nursing home’s financial operations during 2022 and 2023.
Notably, the facility failed to refund credit balances on the accounts of 93 deceased or discharged residents totaling $139,057.56. Of this amount, $83,421.59 is due back to the residents or the residents’ authorized representatives, and $55,635.97 is due back to the Medicaid Program.
Auditors also found issues with the management of trust fund accounts. The facility did not allocate certain trust fund dollars to the residents’ subsidiary ledgers, and they found that 10 residents’ trust fund balances exceeded the Medicaid resource limit of $2,000.
Additionally, the facility included $281,025.14 in nonallowable expenses on its 2022 Medicare Cost Report, and $26,545.33 in nonallowable expenses on Schedule C of its Medicaid Supplemental Cost Report. These non-allowable expenses included unsupported expenses, unpaid expenses, and expenses unrelated to resident care and could affect the Medicaid reimbursement rate that the facility receives.
“Although our auditors made several findings during their examination, I’m pleased to see the facility taking action,” said Comptroller Mumpower. “Management has outlined a series of steps to improve financial practices, and I encourage them to move forward with correcting these issues.”
To view the audit report online, click here.
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