Three legal advocacy organizations filed a federal class action lawsuit today against TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid program, saying that the state has "broken a decades-old promise to its most vulnerable residents" by implementing new policies the groups say deprive thousands of eligible people - including newborns, pregnant women and the elderly - from coverage.
A Chattanooga family backed by a state disability advocacy group has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Erlanger Health System claiming the hospital did not provide the husband and wife - both deaf - with a medical interpreter during crucial health procedures and for prolonged periods while they were patients at the hospital.
One year after budgeting for a bottom line in the red for the first time, Erlanger Health System officials are aiming for a much higher mark.
Erlanger Health System officials are budgeting for a $10.8 million profit this year - a more "aggressive" budget than what officials aimed for last year, when the hospital budgeted for a deficit for the first time.
Editor's note: This is the fifth in an occasional series on the 10 essential health benefits required by the Affordable Care Act.
Jakob Morgan's parents already had plenty to worry about when he was born.
Health advocates in Tennessee and in the Southeast say they are "disappointed" and "troubled" by TennCare's response to federal officials about problems with the state's Medicaid application system.
Chattanooga attorney Gerald Webb II has been appointed as Erlanger Health System's newest board member.
Chattanooga attorney Gerald Webb II has been appointed as Erlanger Health System's newest board member.
For years, the way for a nurse to get a raise at Erlanger Health System was to put in the time.
