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<title>Provider Bullentin</title>
<description>Attention: Physicians and Pharmacy Professional Medicare/Medicaid Crossover Providers</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/bullentin09.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:28:00 </pubDate>
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<title>TennCare Third Party Liability Policy</title>
<description>TennCare Third Party Liability Policy</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/con09001.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:28:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Language assistance and TennCare enrollees.</title>
<description>Translation and interpretation services for TennCare enrollees are available by contacting the enrollee's health plan.</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/pro-mcos.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:45:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Cultural Proficiency Resources</title>
<description>Recommendations from the American Academy of Family Physicians.</description>
<link>http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/publichealth/culturalprof.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:30:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Important Information For TennCare Providers</title>
<description>Please be advised that effective immediately, TennCare has temporarily removed the prior authorization requirement for Tamiflu.  Given the large amount of influenza-like illness that is circulating in the State and little indication at this time that illness levels are subsiding, we are taking this step to ease the administrative burden on health care professionals.  I would ask all of you to join the TennCare Bureau in reminding the providers with whom you interact that adherence to the CDC guidelines at <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/recommendations.htm">http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/recommendations.htm</a> regarding appropriate prescribing of influenza antiviral medication is critical to minimizing further exacerbation of the Tamiflu shortages that already exist and to preventing the development of Tamiful resistance.</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/providers.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:24:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Language assistance and TennCare enrollees.</title>
<description>Language assistance and TennCare enrollees.</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/pharlang.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:20:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Multicultural Health Care: A Quality Improvement Guide.</title>
<description>The National Committee for Quality Assurance, in collaboration with Lilly USA, LLC, has developed a resource for providers wanting to undertake quality improvement initiatives to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate services and to reduce disparities in care.</description>
<link>http://clashealth.org</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:15:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Providers Training</title>
<description>Bureau of TennCare has made changes to our providers training that is posted on the website.</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/tenncaretraining.pdf </link>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:08:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Bureau of TennCare to participate in the 29th Annual Tennessee Medical Association's Insurance Workshops</title>
<description>The Bureau of TennCare and all TennCare Managed Care Organizations to participate in the 29th Annual Tennessee Medical Association's Insurance Workshops. For additional information visit www.tnmed.org/workshop.</description>
<link>http://www.tnmed.org/workshop/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:33:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Cultural Competency and Literacy in Health Care </title>
<description>Cultural Competency and Literacy in Health Care </description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/cultural.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:11:00 </pubDate>
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<title>External Quality Review Organization to Validate Provider Data</title>
<description>External Quality Review Organization to Validate Provider Data</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/externalreview.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:23:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Eligibility redetermination process.</title>
<description>Eligibility redetermination process.</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/dpn.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:24:00 </pubDate>
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<title>External Quality Review Organization to Validate Provider Data</title>
<description>External Quality Review Organization to Validate Provider Data</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/externalreview.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:00:00 </pubDate>
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<title>Updates On Program Changes for Providers</title>
<description>Bureau of TennCare presentation provides updates on program changes for providers.</description>
<link>http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/tenncaretraining.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:05:00 </pubDate>
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