CMS approves TennCare block grant waiver

The federal comment period for TennCare’s waiver to overhaul the state’s safety-net insurance program has ended with mostly negative feedback, leaving its dissenters hopeful the Biden Administration will repeal the approval granted by the previous administration during its last days in office. 

More than 1,100 comments were submitted during the month-long public comment period that was brought on by a lawsuit challenging the legal procedures — more specifically, the lack of a public comment period hosted by the federal government — leading up to the waiver’s seemingly rushed approval in early January.