Results tagged “TennCare” from Barriers to Access for Rural Children with TennCare
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.
If you are a parent of a child with TennCare residing in Cumberland County, we'd like your feedback.
You can complete our survey for parents of children with TennCare here.
Contact us with your information and ideas.
How many kids in Tennessee don't have insurance? How many kids are eligible for assistance with insurance coverage? The answers may surprise you...
TennCare has reduced the number of uninsured children in Tennessee. However, TennCare coverage does not always guarantee adequate access to needed medical, behavioral, and dental services. Over 5000 children in Cumberland County, Tennessee are covered by TennCare, and many of these children have difficulty accessing needed healthcare services.
What We're Doing About It
Through a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics' Community Access to Child Health program, we seek to:
- Understand the barriers to primary, secondary, and ancillary pediatric health care services for Cumberland County children with TennCare
- Identify methods to improve access to pediatric care for these children using the network of existing services and providers
- Identify methods to encourage Tennessee pediatric providers to participate in TennCare, or to increase their relative participation
- Parents of children with TennCare
- Health care providers of pediatric services
- Community leaders in Cumberland County and surrounding areas
Contact us with your ideas and information.
