Tennessee Supreme Court Strikes TennCare Cap On Emergency Room Payments
Tennessee Taxpayers Could, Under A New Court Ruling, Be Liable For Years Of Back Payments To Emergency Room Doctors.
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Analysis: How Nashville And Its Suburbs Subsidize Tennessee’s State Government
The Vast Majority Of Tennessee Counties Rely On Nashville-Davidson And Williamson Counties To Provide The Tax Dollars To Keep Funding State Operations In Their Counties, An Analysis Found.
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McNally Stalls Bill To Stop TennCare Coverage Of “Gender Affirming Treatments”
Legislation To Prevent TennCare From Covering “Gender-Affirming” Treatments Is Stalled In The Tennessee Legislature. A Spokesperson For McNally, Says The Lt. Gov. Has “No Plans To Run The Bill In The Senate.”
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Lee Proposes $100 Million Funding In Budget For Pro-Life Clinics
Even As Many Republicans Push For Exceptions To Tennessee’s Abortion Ban, Governor Bill Lee Remains Instead Focused On Fulfilling A “Moral Obligation” To Support Families Across The State By Providing Additional Funding For Pro-Life Centers.
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TennCare To Spend $500M Because Of Enrollment From Pandemic
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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Hall Medical Clinic In Waynesboro Received $300K In Excess TennCare Payments
A Recently Released Audit Shows The Hall Medical Clinic In Waynesboro Received More Than $300,000 In TennCare Funding Payments Due To Underreporting The Payments The Clinic Received.
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TennCare Costs Will Increase As Emergency COVID Waiver Ends
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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Report Shows TN’s Financial Position Improved $7.4B Last Fiscal Year
Tennessee’s Financial Position Is $7.4 Billion Better Than It Was The Year Before, According To The State’s Recently Released Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
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Study Examines Increased Reliance On Temporary Staff In TN Long-Term Care Facilities
A New Study By The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Of Research And Education Accountability Examines The Use Of Temporary Nursing Staff By Nursing Homes And Assisted Care Facilities.
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Tennessee Incentivized To Keep Children In State Custody In Order To Keep Federal Funds
According To Sources Who Have Decades Of Experience With Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services, The State Of Tennessee Is Incentivized To Keep Children In State Custody In Order To Keep Federal Funding At The Same Level Each Year.
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