CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is applauding TennCare for expanding coverage to include ...

“About 45,000 people will lose TennCare coverage due to Medicaid rule changes, while 240,000 will lose access to affordable ...

What's in a name? For Medicaid, maybe a lot. Why some states opt to hide the word "Medicaid" and what that could mean amid ...

For the first time ever, adults on TennCare will be eligible for extensive dental benefits, starting this year. According to TennCare, this means benefits for approximately 600,000 adults.

TennCare is now "pushing people in the medication-assisted therapy space to provide the full array of services," he said. Dilworth said that has the potential to keep people clean longer.

TennCare postpartum care expansion cut from revised state budget Governor Lee cut the allotted $6.6 million state funding to expand care as part of a $500 million budget decrease, citing cutbacks ...

TennCare is also seeking authority to stop covering some new medicines that received urgent approval by the FDA. The block grant proposal claims some of these drugs are unproven, exorbitantly ...

A TennCare spokesperson noted that maternal deaths are a national concern and that Medicaid programs such as Tennessee’s are often tasked with serving higher risk populations than private ...

Problems with TennCare website leave disabled Tennesseans struggling to find in-home care TennCare switched to a new company, Consumer Direct Care Network Tennessee (CDTN), to run the website and ...

Report highlights weaknesses, progress The report was released Wednesday, the day before TennCare plans to hold a hearing on a rule that would create another hoop for eligible seniors to jump through.

TennCare's postpartum insurance currently lasts only two months. A pilot program to extend coverage to one year would cost $19 million. Proposal was spurred by 'preventable' deaths of new mothers ...

As a result, TennCare grew to about 1.6 million people. Renewals restarted in late 2015 and the number of TennCare participants declined. The program currently insures about 1.4 million people.