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BlueCross could get bigger role with demise of TennCare
Published in Law and Health Weekly, December 4th, 2004
The state's largest insurer, with handles claims for about 700,000 of TennCare's 1.3 million members, would be a likely bidder to administer all of a revised Medicaid program next year, Governor Phil Bredesen said.
The governor told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that if he proceeds with plans to replace TennCare with a Medicaid program, he also could replace the seven different TennCare health plans with a single plan.
"We would certainly consider as a part of these...
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