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Insurance companies may soon have rates negotiated with doctors

Julie Campbell
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If a new bill passes in Tennessee, it will mean that health care providers will play a role in rates negotiations. A new bill is currently under consideration by the Tennessee state legislature, which would alter the way insurance companies currently calculate the rates that are charged through doctors’ offices. The Healthcare Providers Stability Act will be the first of its kind for any state in the country. The current issue that the bill would change is that at the moment, insurance companies have the ability to change the rates…

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Tennessee children’s health insurance program will be federally funded

Julie Campbell
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The state is about to save over $100 million over two years as the federal government picks up the tab. As the federal government takes over the majority of the bill for the children’s health care program in Tennessee, the state will now be able to save more than $100 million over a span of two years. The state has managed this by taking advantage of a provision of the Affordable Car Act that isn’t widely known. This windfall is certainly expected to be a helpful one, though temporary, as…

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Health insurance initiative struck down in Tennessee

S.Vagus
Tennessee Health Insurance

Insure Tennessee fails to win the approval of a Senate committee Insure Tennessee, an initiative that would have expanded access to health insurance in Tennessee, has failed to meet approval of a Senate committee for the second time. The initiative was meant to expand the state’s Medicaid program, which would have brought insurance coverage to some 280,000 people living in the state. Insure Tennessee was the endeavor of Governor Bill Haslam, who has been seeking to expand Medicaid in the state for some time. Initiative was unable to gain legislative…

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Health insurance exchange in Tennessee could be blocked

Julie Campbell
Tennessee Health Insurance

Senator Brian Kelsey has proposed a bill that would stop the state from being able to launch its own marketplace. Tennessee Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown), who played a central role in ending Governor Bill Haslam’s (R) Medicaid extension plan for 280,000 residents of the state within low incomes, is now setting his sights on 230,000 people who already have coverage under the federal health insurance exchange. The bill that Sen. Kelsey has proposed would block the state from forming its own online insurance marketplace. The state of Tennessee would not…

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Lawmakers seek to address Tennessee’s health insurance program

Logan B.
Tennessee Health Insurance

Special legislative session focused on Insure Tennessee is underway Lawmakers in Tennessee have begun a special legislative session in order to determine the future of Insure Tennessee, the state’s Medicaid program. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam suggests that the current health care system is not working, which could be leaving many people without the medical care that they need. The Governor introduced a plan concerning the state’s health insurance program and the health care market as a whole before the beginning of the special legislative session. Governor seeks to reform Medicaid…

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