What's New With TennCare
TennCare Launches CHOICES in Long-Term Care Program Statewide
NASHVILLE — TennCare officials announced today the launch of the TennCare CHOICES in Long-Term Care program in East and West Tennessee. The CHOICES program offers more home-based options for meeting the long-term care needs of the state’s elderly and adults with physical disabilities, reducing reliance on more costly nursing facility care. more...
Tenncare Managed Care Organizations Receive High Marks in Child Health and Pregnancy-Related Measures
NASHVILLE — A new report shows continued improvement in the overall quality of health care provided to TennCare members through their managed care organizations.
The report, 2010 HEDIS/CAHPS Report: A Comparative Analysis of Audited Results from TennCare Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), shows an increase in all child health measures, including childhood immunization status, lead screening in children, appropriate treatment for children with upper respiratory infection, and well-child and adolescent visits. more...
National Health Reform and Medicaid
On March 23rd, 2010, the President signed the Affordable Care Act into law. This act will reform national health care and change many aspects of health care including Medicaid programs like TennCare. For information on how TennCare will be affected click here.
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The TennCare/Medicaid Provider Incentive Program
to Encourage Electronic Health Record Adoption
Medicaid agencies like TennCare will be administering the distribution of federally-funded incentive payments to qualifying providers and hospitals that adopt federally-certified electronic health record systems. For more information about the TennCare/Medicaid Provider Incentive Program please click here.
TennCare's Recent Reports
- Oversight Presentation 24 Aug 10 (pdf, 640kb)
- FY 2011 Budget Presentation (pdf, 389kb)
- Enrollment Data
- Eligibility Reference Guide (pdf, 269kb)
Information On TennCare
Welcome to TennCare's Website
TennCare is a government-operated medical assistance program designed for people who are eligible for Medicaid, as well as for some children who do not have insurance. TennCare is a Medicaid waiver, or demonstration, program. Its purpose is to demonstrate that the use of managed-care principles can generate sufficient savings to enable the state to cover more than Medicaid eligible people.
TennCare provides health coverage for 1.2 million low-income children, pregnant women and disabled Tennesseans with an annual budget of $7 billion.
Governor Phil Bredesen
