Tenncare Plans to Take Cases from Senior Services

Tenncare may take over home and community based services for hundreds of elderly and disabled Tennesseans. Currently, Senior Services of Shelby County and ADAPT, a program operated by Senior Services, provides care for 550 Medicaid enrollees in Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis. Senior Services operates under its own Medicaid waiver, separate from Tenncare. Early this […]

As Metro schools begin classes today, they are also starting a system-wide initiative to improve student vocabulary. This year every student, from kindergarten through 12th grade, will carry a vocabulary workbook from class to class. Language Arts Coordinator Gary Cowan says the books were designed by a team of Metro teachers charged with creating a […]

The Tenncare Bureau plans to keep a close eye on new managed care organizations in Middle Tennessee. At a meeting of the legislature’s Tenncare oversight committee (today/yesterday), Tenncare officials detailed the plans for new managed care contracts with United Healthcare and AmeriGroup. The two organizations will manage the health care benefits of 340-thousand midstate enrollees, […]

Margaritaville‘s Jimmy Buffett and Jimmy Weatherly, who wrote “Midnight Train To Georgia” were among the 15 people nominated for possible induction to the Nashville Songwriters Hall Fame yesterday. Only three of the nominees—two songwriters and one songwriter/artist—will gain entrance into the Hall of Fame in October. As a camera flashed, Tony Joe White, who wrote […]

The Metro Action Commission estimates nearly 90-thousand Nashvillians live in poverty. But only a handful showed up to last night’s public forum that was meant to take comments on the effectiveness of city and non-profit services. Several recommendations included pie-in-the-sky concepts like changing racial stereotypes and getting rid of economic disparity. More specific suggestions were […]

Nashville will now honor its musical heritage with a Music City Walk of Fame. Permanent sidewalk medallions featuring the names of musicians, singers, songwriters, producers and music industry executives, will line a section of Demonbreun Street from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center to Music Row. The Walk of Fame is part of an effort by the […]

Nashville’s International Airport experienced an increase in delays this afternoon after the security level increased for all flights. This morning, travelers waited in line for nearly half an hour, more than twice the usual amount of time. By midday lines were near normal. The Transportation Security Administration is prohibiting liquids to be carried onto planes. […]

At a Congressional field hearing in Brentwood today, hospital and Tenncare officials said that the cost of emergency room care for illegal immigrants is a just a fraction of the cost of caring for the uninsured. Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn hosted the hearing with Georgia Congressman Nathan Deal. State legislators, Tenncare officials, and local hospitals […]

A new state report shows that infant mortality and low birth weight are two problems that continue to plague the Tennessee. Every year, the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth produces a study called the State of the Child. It supplements the national KIDS COUNT report that compares child well-being among states. That study consistently […]

A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine has strong ties to Nashville. A project called SPARCL (sparkle) was conducted in several Nashville hospitals, and local physician Dr. Alfred Callahan co-created the clinical trial which gives a new use for Pfizer’s drug Lipitor. Doctors around the world enrolled nearly 5-thousand recent stroke […]