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Memphis Health Center was owed a bit more than $1 million for thousands of unreported appointments, but TennCare overpaid it by nearly $784,000 for other services during a five-year period. The center did not dispute the comptroller’s findings and accepted responsibility.
TennCare says the majority who lost health coverage are eligible but fell through the cracks due to “procedural” reasons, such as failing to update their contact information after moving.
TennCare officials say the new lactation benefits are funded by shared savings from the state’s Medicaid waiver agreement with the federal government.
“Life can be hard, and the best way for all of us to make it through the troubles of the world is to care for one another. If we can commit to this, we will make it through the difficult road we all travel down.”
Tennessee’s Medicaid agency expects to cut hundreds of thousands of people over the next year. Find out how to renew your coverage.
BlueCross and Methodist leaders are continuing negotiations toward an agreement that could restore access for members covered through employer and individually-purchased health plans.
“Tennessee is not prepared to deal with the consequences of more unplanned pregnancies and births,” said state Sen. London Lamar.
Pregnant and postpartum mothers will also have a comprehensive dental benefit as part of the new coverage.
TennCare could owe the federal government hundreds of millions of dollars, according to an audit. But at a budget hearing last week, neither Gov. Bill Lee nor any members of his panel asked about it.
More low-income people have government healthcare now that TennCare has been effectively prohibited from taking away coverage. It’s a big shift from before the pandemic when the agency frequently took people off the rolls.
What do the changes to the state’s TennCare program mean? Here’s a breakdown of the changes.
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Lee to deliver State of the State, with focus on economic recovery
Gov. Bill Lee’s third State of the State address Monday evening, Feb. 8, is already getting reaction from Democrats in the Legislature who say his response to the pandemic has been “too late, ended too early and did too little.”
The $8.6 billion waiver must be approved by the Tennessee General Assembly and sets a cap on TennCare funding with the state keeping a share of any savings if its spending comes in below the cap.
Opponents of Gov. Bill Lee’s federal block grant request for Medicaid funds say the proposal will be "dead on arrival" in Washington, but the governor's administration says it is "encouraged" by a Thursday policy announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The House TennCare Subcommittee set to review the state’s Medicaid block grant proposal Thursday should be made aware of overriding negative comments made about the plan at five hearings statewide, state Rep. Larry Miller of Memphis says.
Gov. Bill Lee’s TennCare block grant proposal is fundamentally flawed. The plan prioritizes cost reduction, but fails to specify how exactly the state plans to curtail TennCare spending.
The Division of TennCare will hold a Medicaid block grant hearing Oct. 15 at the University of Memphis, adding the event to three already held across the state.
Governor promises a better TennCare program will add services or people, but House Minority Leader Camper believes conventional Medicaid expansion is the right way to go.
Tennessee Carriers Inc., a Memphis-based broker of non-emergency medical transportation, expects to serve about 100 riders a day initially through a new pilot partnership with Lyft.
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