Tenncare

'Doctor shopping' ends with conviction (03/09/12)
A Bedford County man has been sentenced for TennCare "doctor shopping" in two counties and will lose TennCare benefits as a result of his conviction. Tracy B. White, 40, pleaded guilty to three felony counts in two separate counties for using TennCare to obtain a controlled substance by "doctor shopping," the Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced...

TennCare may cut hospice counseling (02/04/11)
NASHVILLE -- Counseling services to hospice patients and their families that are now provided by the state's expanded Medicaid program could be eliminated under potential TennCare cuts, state officials said in budget hearings with Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Thursday...

Grand jury indicts TennCare fraud suspect (09/22/10)
A Bedford County woman was indicted by direct presentment by the county's grand jury on Monday for TennCare fraud. Lazandra Delene Teal, 29, Old Pencil Mill Road, was taken into custody and brought before Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler. The warrants said that Teal had been defrauding TennCare from Dec. 1, 2007, until June 3, 2010...

Local woman accused of TennCare fraud (06/15/10)
A Bedford County woman was charged with TennCare fraud and related counts after a direct presentment to the Bedford County grand jury on Monday. Sonya Marie Leverette, 25, of Shelbyville has been charged with two counts of TennCare fraud and two counts of using TennCare to try to acquire possession of a controlled substance....

TennCare cuts could hit hospitals (02/09/10)
Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposed cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program would cost state hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars and may force some of them to shut down, health care officials say. TennCare is the name for Tennessee's program using federal Medicaid dollars....

Bredesen: Use reserves to take edge off cuts (02/02/10)
NASHVILLE -- Gov. Phil Bredesen said Monday night that he plans to use the state's reserves to spare some state jobs and key services but he stressed that painful cuts will be unavoidable and hundreds of state employees may be laid off. The Democratic governor detailed his plans during his eighth and final State of the State address...

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