Tennessee Conservative
Middle Tennessee State University’s Board Chair Is Pushing Legislation, Sponsored By State Sen. Shane Reeves And Rep. Mark White, That Would Enable College Boards To Close Meetings To Discuss “Sensitive” Matters Such As Presidential Pay, A Move Critics Say Is Too “Broad” And Ripe For “Abuse.”
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TennCare Has Renewed Eligibility For 61% Of Those In The Program During Its Annual Redetermination Process, Which Began In April For The First Time Since A Federal Pandemic Pause Halted The Process.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority Is Paying Memphis-Based Vice President Mark Yates Nearly A Quarter-Million Dollars A Year In Salary And Possibly As Much As $338,000 Or More Counting Bonuses.
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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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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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TennCare Currently Has $1.1 Billion In Its Reserves And Expects It To Cost $500 Million Of Those Reserves Over The Next Year As It Re-determines Medicaid Eligibility For Those Additional 500,000 Members Who Joined The Plan Over The Past Three Years.
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Throughout The Federal Covid-19 Emergency, Tennessee’s Medicaid Service TennCare Has Been Barred From Removing Those Who Initially Qualified For Services. Starting On April 1, However, The Emergency Will End And So Will The Federal Matching Dollars That Went Into The Program.
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Tennessee’s Division Of TennCare Is Asking For $689.5 Million In Budget Increases For Next Fiscal Year, With $403 Million In Federal Funding Increases And $286.5 Million In State Funding Increases.
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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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