NASHVILLE — The state is preparing to cut $300 million in TennCare spending by limiting doctor and hospital visits, according to a public notice to be published in newspapers this weekend.
TennCare proposes to reduce state spending by $103 million, mostly with a cap of eight doctor and hospital visits a year for poor patients enrolled in the expanded Medicaid program.
The state cuts would erase $203 million more in federal matching funds.
The bulk of state cuts, or about $73 million, would be made by limiting adults to eight days each of the following:
* Inpatient hospital or psychiatric hospital services.