The plan, which state officials said could be ready in a week, would go to federal officials for consideration. Also in the news is a study that examines how cutbacks in federal Medicaid funding could affect children’s hospital.
The Tennessean:
Task Force Plans To Send TennCare Expansion Plan To Feds Soon
The 3-Star Healthy task force is preparing to submit its next draft of a TennCare expansion pilot to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in about seven days. Rep. Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, and task force chairman, said the task force is finalizing how it proposes to measure utilization of service — one of its goals is to reduce emergency room visits — and the diagnostic aspect. The proposal is a Medicaid expansion pilot that will cover people with mental health and substance abuse disorders as well as veterans who earn up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line …
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