Medicaid Audit Ties Cars to Government Funds in South Carolina
Records from the Legislative Audit Council reviewed by The State show a nursing home operator, Maxie L. Collins, billed Medicaid for five cars across three facilities, including two Mercedes, two Buicks and a Ford, with purchases funded by federal Medicaid dollars. The audit found 11 facilities reimbursed for luxury car purchases, ranging from a $5,138 Ford LTD to a $41,500 Mercedes.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Legislative Audit Council
Greenville County
Tom Marchant
State Department of Social Services
DSS
Ford Ltd
Mercedes Benz
Collins
Ridgeway
Oakwood
Walsterboro
Medicaid
Ford
Nursing homes questioned over luxury car purchases by audits
The Legislative Audit Council cited Fountain Inn Convalescent Home and Oakmont East Nursing Center for buying three luxury cars and an Oldsmobile with Medicaid funds. DSS disallowed part of the Continental cost and reimbursed full or partial amounts on other vehicles, prompting comments from lawmakers.
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Oakmont East Nursing Center
Oakmont
Wiley Crittenden
Thurmond Told to Slow Down by Doctor
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina will be off his feet for two weeks after a pinched nerve in his back causes pain in his left leg. The 79 year old says he will follow the doctor's orders and rest, hoping the condition improves after the rest period.
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Washington
Sen. Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
Ashington
Gefield
State Attorney General McLeod silent on re election plans
Daniel R. McLeod, South Carolina attorney general, and two aides including Iosa P. Gibbes, a Lexington County lawyer, emerge as candidates for state prosecutor. Gibbes and McLeod sparingly commented, with Gibbes deferring to McLeod on endorsements as filing approaches on April 1.
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Clumbia AP
Daniel R. McLeod
Iosa P. Gibbes
Lexington County
South Carolina
Charles
Harry
Gibbes
Greenville
Cumbia
Charleston
Mark Dillard
McLeod
Acratic McLeod
Dillard
Didacy
Union Camp faces study cost over Wateree mill impact
South Carolina's House Ways and Means Committee refused to provide 50 000 state funds for a wastewater impact study on striped bass from Union Camp's proposed Wateree River mill near Eastover. The panel directed Union Camp to pay, while Corps of Engineers said no detailed environmental impact statement would be required. The vote followed debate on the 1982 83 budget and affected other health inspection fees for stores and restaurants.
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Columbia (Ap
Union Camp
Wateree
Eastover
House
Ways and Means
Bill Campbell
David McInnis
D-Sumter
Tom Marchant
Greenville
Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Strom Thurmond
Melody Hines
Cyndy Gaffney
Cindy Register
Charlotte Mack
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