Public Comment Period Begins On 4th Amendment To TennCare Program
Tennessee Has Proposed Changes To Its TennCare Program In Response To A Federal Request Late Last Month For Changes To The Program.
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TennCare Proposes $600M Budget Increase
Tennessee’s TennCare Program Would Like To Spend $600 Million More Next Fiscal Year Than This Year, According To A Budget Request Presented Monday.
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Panel Discussion Highlights Uncertainties Of TN’s Medicaid Block Grant Waiver
As Tennessee’s TennCare III Medicaid Block Grant Sits In A Public Comment Period, The Vanderbilt University Department Of Health Policy And School Of Medicine Hosted A Panel Discussion On How The First-Of-Its-Kind Grant Would Affect Tennessee Residents.
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Court Places TN’s Medicaid Block Grant Lawsuit On Hold
A Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee’s TennCare III Medicaid Block Grant Has Been Put On Hold By A Federal Judge While A Public Comment Period On The Funding Occurs.
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Governor Lee Defends Medicaid Block Grant Program
According To The U.S. Census, More Than 836,000 People In Tennessee Do Not Have Health Insurance. Despite Some Pushback From The New Administration, Governor Lee Is Hopeful That The Medicaid Block Grant Waiver Program Will Remain In Place And Will Allow More People To Get The Insurance They Need.
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Tennessee Looks To Protect Its Interests In Medicaid Block Grant Lawsuit
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery Has Filed A Motion To Intervene In A Federal Lawsuit Challenging The State’s Tenncare III Medicaid Block Grant Waiver.
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Tennessee’s Medicaid Block Grant Waiver Challenged In Court
A Group Of Tennessee Medicaid Recipients Has Filed A Complaint In U.S. District Court Claiming The U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services’ Decision To Approve A Tenncare Block Grant Waiver Violates Federal Rules.
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Tennessee Republican Leaders Divided On Medicaid Expansion Incentives
Dems Push For Medicaid Expansion, While Republicans Have Differing Opinions And Gov. Lee Remains Focused On Block Grant Waiver.
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Tennessee Democrats Ask Biden Administration To Reverse Medicaid Block Grant Waiver
Democrats In The Tennessee House And Senate Announced Monday They Have Formally Requested The Biden Administration Rescind Federal Approval For Tennessee’s Block Grant.
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Tennessee Communities To Receive $27.6M For Community Development
Tennessee Organization Helps Prevent Recidivism In The Midst Of COVID-19  The Center Square [By Vivian Jones] – A total
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