Tennessee General Assembly Set To Reconvene Next Week

With Lots Of Work To Be Done, Tennessee’s 2024 General Session Begins At Noon On Tuesday, January 9th. Representative Scott Cepicky Didn’t Mince Words When He Said He Anticipates The Coming Session To Be “Contentious.”

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Former Nurse Aide Indicted In Death Of Clarksville Patient Arrested In Georgia

A Montgomery County Woman Who Was Indicted In 2023 As The Result Of An Investigation By Special Agents With The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation Medicaid Fraud Control Division Was Arrested This Week In Kennesaw, Georgia.

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Tennessee GOP State Rep Wants To Return Medicaid Expansion Authority To Governor

Outgoing Republican Rep. Sam Whitson Is Mulling A Reversal Of State Law Requiring The Governor To Gain Approval From The Tennessee Legislature Before Expanding Medicaid.

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TennCare Asks For $735.3M In Federal, State Budget Increase

TennCare Is Asking For A $735.3 Million Budget Increase Between State And Federal Funds Next Year As It Moves To A New Medicaid Management Information System, Which Carries A One-Time Cost Of $237 Million, Of Which $212.3 Million Will Come From Federal Funds.

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After Delay, Tennessee Lawmakers Extend TennCare Contracts Without Centene

Tennessee Extended Its Three Contracts For The State’s Multibillion-Dollar Medicaid Program After It Was Delayed A Month By State House Republicans. The Fiscal Review Committee Extended Old Contracts Instead Of Entering Into The New Ones Agreed To In 2021 Because Of Centene’s Lawsuit.

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Healthcare Services Company’s Push In Tennessee Comes As Settlements With Other States For Fraud Pile Up

Health Care Services Company Centene Is Undergoing An Aggressive Push To Become One Of The Companies To Manage Tenncare Plans, Tennessee’s Medicaid Program. But Since 2021, The Company Has Settled Allegations That It Overbilled Or Fraudulent Charged Medicaid Programs In 17 Of The 30 States It Has Operated.

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Vanderbilt Ranks Tennessee 49th In Country For State Services For Children Ages 0-3

Tennessee Ranked 49th Amongst The States And District Of Columbia In The Amount Of Resources Available For Those Ages 0 To 3, According To A New Report By Vanderbilt University’s Prenatal-To-3 Policy Impact Center.

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