The Nashville Tennessean reported that TennCare is proposing implementing ”an evaluation mechanism for people receiving mental health treatment under the bureau’s Level 2 case management classification. People under this categorization receive visits from case managers in addition to therapy or other treatments, such as medication.”
”The proposed changes would institute a review after three months to evaluate whether case manager visits are needed rather than everyone receiving visits, said Keith Gaither manager of managed-care organization (MCO) operations at TennCare.”
”Gaither said that the MCOs have been looking at this category of patients for more than two years to determine whether there was a way to tailor treatment on a case-by-case basis rather than extending the case management to everyone.”
It is unclear what impact all this might have on hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
