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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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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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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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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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Tennessee Has Yet To See An Expected Large Downtick In Medicaid Enrollment In The State As It Continues To Review The Eligibility Of Those On The Program.
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More Than 48,000 Of The More Than 150,000 Up For TennCare Renewal In June Lost Coverage, According To A New Report From TennCare.
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Tennessee Projected Its TennCare Enrollment Numbers To Eventually Drop From A High Of Nearly 1.8 Million To 1.3 Million, But Those Numbers Have Yet To Show A Significant Drop Due To The Re-Start Of The Eligibility Determination Program In April.
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Empowered Jefferson Is Making An Urgent Petition To Tennessee Legislators To Reject Any Bill Or Amendment That Would Create A Waiver For Medicaid Funds To Be Used For Mental Health Services, Especially School-Based Mental Health Services And Gender Affirming Counseling.
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In The Upcoming Special Session, Governor Bill Lee Will Propose An Itemized Agenda That He Says Will Address The “Mental Health Crisis.” However, The Tennessee Government Does Not Have The Best Track Record In Making Decisions That Result In Positive Outcomes When Addressing Mental Health.
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Tennessee Saw 27,000 Lose Medicaid Coverage In May As The State Continues Its Process Of Redetermining TennCare Eligibility Following The End Of Federal Covid-19 Pandemic Rules.
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