Providers were shown another red flag and the value of protecting their residents Tuesday, when the Massachusetts Attorney General announced the indictment of a Medicaid consultant who allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars from nursing home residents after gaining access to their financial information.
Personnel at the unnamed nursing homes involved were the first to discover irregularities and notify authorities, leading to the apprehension of a suspect.
A statewide grand jury indicted Kaylie Giberson with three counts of larceny over $250 involving someone over 60 years old, two counts of larceny over $1,200 involving a pair of local small businesses, six counts of forgery, three counts of lying to investigators and a pair of other attempted larceny charges.
Giberson allegedly used her access to poor seniors at “various” unnamed nursing homes to exploit secure private documents and information she handled while helping individuals apply for Medicaid funding.
“Since at least 2022, Giberson engaged in a scheme to steal money from at least three elderly nursing home victims,” said a statement from Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.
The accused allegedly forged multiple signatures to falsely gain durable power of attorney privileges, which then gave her access to the victims’ bank accounts, Campbell explained.
Giberson’s charges, which were approved last week, have been transferred to Hampden County Superior Court, where she is expected to be arraigned at an unspecified date. The Worcester County District Attorney’s office will handle the case.
A LinkedIn account for a senior Medicaid specialist named Kaylie Giberson listed her location as Agawam, MA. That is just four miles south of Springfield, where the Attorney General labeled her residence.
Giberson announced on her profile page that she had started a new job at Genesis 10 months ago; seven months ago, she wrote she had started as a Medicaid liaison and also was a business office manager during her tenure there.
“She is not employed with any Genesis affiliates,” Genesis spokeswoman Lori Mayer said Tuesday in an email to McKnight’s.
Giberson previously listed her employment from 2018 to February 2023 as a full-time account manager at Brunelle Medicaid Consultants, which is based about 15 miles east of Springfield, MA.
The Attorney General said in her announcement that Giberson was accused of using a former employer’s credit card “to complete unauthorized online retail purchases that were delivered to her residential address and intended for her personal use.” Her employment with the Medicaid consulting company “was ultimately terminated,” the statement added.
