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TennCare Block Grant Waiver Approved

Jan 08, 2021 at 01:47 pm by Staff

More than a year after submitting Amendment 42 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a waiver to increase flexibility in the administration of the.... Read More

TennCare Block Grant Waiver Approved

Jan 08, 2021 at 01:47 pm by Staff

More than a year after submitting Amendment 42 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a waiver to increase flexibility in the administration of the.... Read More

TMA Issues Statement on Medicaid Block Grant Proposal

Oct 16, 2019 at 04:17 pm by Staff

Editor's Note: Since the October paper hit desks with initial reactions to the governor's proposed TenCare Modified Block Grant, TMA has had the opportunity to take a deeper d.... Read More

Governor Rolls Out TennCare Modified Block Grant Proposal

Oct 10, 2019 at 10:00 pm by Staff

In mid-September, Governor Bill Lee and Deputy Commissioner and Director of TennCare Gabe Roberts unveiled the state's plan to gain more flexibility in managing Tennessee's Me.... Read More

Insuring Kids

Aug 08, 2019 at 02:49 pm by Staff

Concern Remains over TennCare Unenrollment In April, Nashville Medical News covered a startling statistic regarding the number of children recently unenrolled from TennCare,.... Read More

Physician Spotlight: Serving the City

May 13, 2019 at 03:53 pm by Staff

Long Takes Reins as Director of Metro Public Health Nashville's recently appointed director of health might be new to the office, but she's anything but new to Middle Tenn.... Read More

Care Coordination Improves Mental, Physical Health Outcomes

Apr 11, 2019 at 10:30 am by Staff

Results from Tennessee Health Link Last month, the Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations (TAMHO), which represents 20 community mental health Centers and other.... Read More

Tennessee GOP Looks to Pursue Medicaid Block Grant Funding

Feb 22, 2019 at 12:02 am by Staff

Tennessee Republican lawmakers have signaled a move to look toward block grant funding as a way to increase access to care for the 'working poor' - those caught in the gap bet.... Read More

OpEd: Change to TennCare's Core Purpose Threatens Healthcare for All Tennesseans

Feb 04, 2019 at 09:29 am by Staff

TennCare has submitted a proposal to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to add work reporting requirements to the state's Medicaid program. Under these req.... Read More

Physician Spotlight: TennCare CMO Victor Wu

Jun 07, 2018 at 04:26 pm by Staff

Coming Home to Care for the Most Vulnerable Sometimes, you can come home again. Such was the case for TennCare's Chief Medical Officer Victor Wu, MD, MPH, an East Tennessee na.... Read More