Tennessee Office of Inspector General officials has announced the indictment of a Georgia woman on charges of TennCare fraud and theft of services under $10,000, which are felonies.
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Benton-area Woman Charged with TennCare Fraud
Authorities have charged a Benton-area woman with TennCare fraud for allegedly using her deceased husband’s TennCare benefits to obtain a prescription, according to the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration.
Read MoreMarshall County Man Charged with TennCare Fraud
Authorities charged a Lewisburg man with TennCare fraud and felony theft of property over $10,000, according to a state press release.
Read MoreLewisburg Woman Charged with TennCare Fraud
Authorities have charged a Lewisburg woman with TennCare fraud for allegedly selling pills obtained using benefits of TennCare, the state’s healthcare insurance program.
Read MoreHouse TennCare Subcommittee Holds Summer Study on Controversial Medicaid Block Grant Proposal
The House TennCare Subcommittee took on the controversial topic of the block grant proposal, hearing from key stakeholders in a two-hour summer study conducted last Thursday.
Read MoreShelby County Gets Huge Chunk of Tennessee’s Entitlement Programs, New Report Says
TennCare is by far Tennessee’s largest entitlement program in terms of caseload and cost to the state.
Read MoreNorth Carolina Woman Charged with TennCare Fraud
Authorities have charged yet another out-of-state resident with TennCare fraud, and this time the alleged culprit is from North Carolina. According to a press release, officials with the Tennessee Office of Inspector General this week announced the arrest of Julie Carpenter of Mitchell County, North Carolina. The arrest is…
Read MoreArkansas Woman Allegedly Broke Law to Obtain TennCare Benefits
Tennessee officials have charged more people with alleged TennCare fraud in two separate cases, including a woman from Arkansas.
Read MoreTennessee Leads the Way by Being the First State to Propose Receiving Federal Medicaid Funding Through a Block Grant
Tennessee became the first state in the nation Tuesday to propose that $7.9 billion in federal funding for the state’s Medicaid program, known as TennCare, would be provided through a block grant.
The release of the 34-page proposal, TennCare II Demonstration Amendment 42, begins a 30-day public comment period, which will end on October 18, 2019.
Read MoreWoman Charged with TennCare Fraud for the Third Time
Authorities have arrested two more people for TennCare fraud, and one of them is facing her third arrest on this charge.
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