Results tagged “medicaid” from Barriers to Access for Rural Children with TennCare

The Mayo Clinic, seen as a model for high quality, comprehensive health care, has announced its decision to limit its numbers of Medicaid and Medicare patients.

Dr. Steven M. Altschuler, the president and CEO of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, speaks out about the importance of Medicaid changes to support children's health care.

This article appeared in today's Wall Street Journal online.

In this thoughtful review, Abigail R. Moncrieff examines disparity in federal Circuit Court decisions about the equal access provision of Medicaid: The Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Circuits have all ruled on this issue, but the applicable standards have varied, so that we do not appear to be any closer to a national standard of clear metrics as to what constitutes adequate access and provider payment for Medicaid.

How much does a family need to make to qualify for TennCare? What about Cover Kids?

The current tables are available at the Cover Tennessee website.

Impaired access to services for TennCare patients is more than an annoyance - it's a violation of the federal regulations that established the Medicaid program.

In a survey published in 2002 by Dr. Steve Berman, private practice pediatricians in Tennessee had the lowest rate of absolute and relative Medicaid participation of any of the 50 states.

What kinds of insurance do Tennessee kids have?  See some data from the US Census Bureau.