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TennCare is the state Medicaid program in the U.S. state of Tennessee. TennCare was established in 1994 under a federal waiver that authorized deviations from the standard Medicaid rules. It was the first state Medicaid program to enroll all Medicaid recipients in managed care . [ 1 ]
Beginning on Aug. 7, TennCare and CoverKids members under two will be eligible to receive up to 100 free diapers per month, as part of the TennCare Diaper Benefit program.
Instead of reform that repaired the mismanagement of the program, Bredesen terminated coverage for all the adults enrolled in the TennCare waiver as well as for all the adults in the optional Medicaid categories that most states cover. Nearly 200,000 people in the state have lost health coverage, including people with life-threatening illnesses.
The proportion of non-elderly individuals with employer-sponsored cover fell from 66% in 2000 to 56% in 2010, then stabilized following the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Employees who worked part-time (less than 30 hours a week) were less likely to be offered coverage by their employer than were employees who worked full-time (21% vs. 72% ...
An influential task force just updated guidance on breast cancer screenings for at-risk women. They recommended every-other-year mammograms starting at age 40, a decade earlier than previous guidance.
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BlueCross was founded in 1945 when Roy McDonald saw the need to establish a payment system that would benefit Erlanger Hospital, now the Erlanger Health System. [2]On October 2, 2009, 57 computer hard drives were stolen from Blue Cross, some containing Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and medical information.
The proposals, laid out in a letter sent to TennCare's Director Stephen Smith, would likely put more power back in the hands of federal officials. Federal officials raise questions, propose ...