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NewsHAT Offers Community Benefit Webinar01/31/2012 Community Benefit Made Easier - Updates and Changes for 2012
IRS Releases Drafts of Revised Schedule H and Instructions01/02/2012 The Internal Revenue Service has released for comment "early release" drafts of a revised Read More
Register for HAT Community Benefit Workshop09/21/2011 Sign up to attend Tips and Tools for Community Health Needs Assessments and Community Benefit Reporting scheduled for December 6-7, 2011 in Nashville, Tenn.
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Enrollment Opens for TennCare Standard Spend Down09/12/2011 The TennCare Standard Spend Down program will again offer open enrollment opportunities to new applicants on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 beginning at 6 p.m. CST. Standard Spend Down is available through ...Read More
Coalition Urges Controlling Spending with Care07/11/2011 HAT joins with a group of health care membership and advocacy organizations to encourage and support sensible fiscal policy at all levels in the U.S. The Coalition to Control Spending with Care advocates for the following:
IRS Gives Guidance, Seeks Comments on CHNA07/08/2011 An Read More
Patient Safety Grant Funding Announced07/03/2011 Up to $500 million in Partnership for Patients funding will be available to help hospitals, health care provider organizations and others improve care and stop millions of preventable injuries and ...Read More
Portion of IRS 990 Optional for Hospitals in 201006/15/2011 Read More
Hospital Community Benefits After the ACA04/29/2011 The second issue brief in a series released by Hilltop’s Hospital Community Benefit Program takes a closer look at three aspects of community benefits affected by §9007 of the Affordable Care Act, "Additional Requirements for Nonprofit Hospitals": community health needs assessment; ...Read More
Health Care Groups Call for Schedule H Changes, Guidance04/21/2011 AHA, others call for Schedule H changes, guidance The American Hospital Association, Healthcare Financial Management Association, VHA Inc. and 10 state/metropolitan hospital associations today urged the Internal Revenue Service ...Read More
AHA Issues Legal Advisory on IRS 990H Guidance03/14/2011 The American Hospital Association produced a Legal Advisory on the revised Schedule H and Instructions released by the Internal Revenue Service on February 23. The Advisory addresses Form 990 filing dates and new community needs assessment questions on Schedule H, among other items.
IRS Grants Extension for 990 Filings02/25/2011 In order to accommodate the additional community benefit-related requirements contained in the federal health care reform law, the IRS recently announced that certain ...Read More
Hospital Community Benefits After the AHA01/28/2011 Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this is the first of a series of issue briefs to be published by the Hilltop Institute over the next three years. It presents the emerging federal framework for ...Read More
2010 State Health Plan Released01/04/2011 The Division of Health Planning is pleased to announce that the 2010 Tennessee State Health Plan has been approved and adopted by Governor Phil Bredesen on December 23, ...Read More
AccessTN Reopens Enrollment12/03/2010 The AccessTN Board of Directors voted yesterday to reopen enrollment to new members in the state-run high risk insurance plan for Tennesseans who have pre-existing medical or chronic health conditions which prevent them from obtaining health insurance on the private market.
HAT Elects New Leadership11/11/2010 Joe Landsman, president and CEO, Univesity of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, was installed as chairman of the Hospital Alliance of Tennessee´s board of directors at the organization´s annual meeting in ...Read More
TennCare Receives Federal Approval to Move Forward with Provider Incentive Program10/20/2010 Tennessee has received federal approval to move forward with the TennCare Bureau’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) provider incentive program. Tennessee is the second state in the country to receive approval of its implementation plan combined with a commitment for federal ...Read More
TennCare Opens Standard Spend Down09/23/2010 The TennCare Standard Spend Down program is opening enrollment for the first time to new applicants beginning Monday, October 4, 2010. Standard Spend Down is available for a limited number of low income individuals, or those with high, unpaid medical bills who are aged, blind, disabled, or the ...Read More
Tennessee Receives $11.6 Million Federal eHealth GRANT09/21/2010 Tennessee has received approval for an $11.6 million grant from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health ...Read More
Tennessee Tackles Obesity09/16/2010 This week, state officials launched Eat Well, Play More, a statewide nutrition and physical activity plan to reduce obesity and chronic disease in Tennessee by 2015.
CoverKids Kicks Off Annual Enrollment Effort08/09/2010 Today CoverKids launched its 2010 Back to School outreach campaign to help enroll Tennessee’s children in the state’s free, comprehensive health insurance plan.
HAT Supports Education Reform07/20/2010 HAT has joined the First to the Top Coalition, a statewide alliance of more than 30 business, community and education organizations that support education reform in Tennessee.
Tennessee Seeks Input for 2010 State Health Plan06/23/2010 Tennesseans are invited to give their opinions for the 2010 edition of the State Health Plan. To give your opinion, click here to take the online survey. The survey results will be incorporated into ...Read More
How to Compare Profit & Nonprofit Hospitals06/21/2010 Although all hospitals are aimed at helping sick and injured people, they vary in the manner by which they accomplish this goal. For-profit hospitals are essentially business ventures. They are backed by a group of investors whose sole interest is to make money. Nonprofit hospitals are organized ...Read More
Tennessee Seeks Medical Volunteers04/15/2010 The Tennessee Department of Health is working to ensure Tennesseans are prepared in the event of public health or other medical emergencies by recruiting and registering volunteers with medical backgrounds and other skills sets across the Volunteer state.
Office of e-Health Names Director03/26/2010 Will Rice has been named executive director of the Office of e-Health Initiatives, the single coordinating authority for health information exchange in Tennessee that works to upgrade the state´s health information technology to provide complete health information and improve the ...Read More
Tennessee Awarded Funds to Support HIT, Training02/17/2010 Read More
CoverKids To Resume Enrollment on March 102/12/2010 CoverKids, Tennessee´s program for uninsured children, will reopen enrollment to new members on March 1, 2010. Enrollment in CoverKids was suspended late last year when membership reached the maximum that could be supported by the current budget. The proposed state budget for ...Read More
2010 State of the State Address02/02/2010 Governor Bredesen delivered his eighth State of the State Address to the 106th General Assembly and released his recommended 2010-2011 budget on Monday, February 1.
Guidelines for Tennessee NonProfit Organizations Released01/20/2010 The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, the Tennessee Department of State and the Center for Nonprofit Management today unveiled a guidebook to help nonprofit organizations operating in Tennessee.
Tennessee to Receive Federal Matching Grant Funds for EHR Incentives Program01/04/2010 TENNESSEE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD INCENTIVES PROGRAM In another key step to further states’ role in developing a robust U.S. health information technology (HIT) infrastructure, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today ...Read More
AccessTN Expands Eligibility to Include Children12/03/2009 AccessTN has been expanded to allow uninsurable children with chronic and acute medical conditions to enroll in the state-administered health insurance plan.
New State Health Plan Adopted11/24/2009 Governor Phil Bredesen has approved and adopted the 2009 Tennessee State Health Plan that establishes Five Principles for Achieving Better Health and outlines the process for developing goals and strategies under these Principles through collaborative public engagement. Also ...Read More
TennCare Budget Cuts Proposed11/18/2009 TennCare officials outlined proposed reductions of $773 million or 9% of the program´s budget in a budget hearing yesterday.
New Applicant Enrollment for Cover Kids Set to End11/16/2009 NASHVILLE – Enrollment in CoverKids, the state- and federally-funded program for uninsured children, will suspend after Nov. 30, 2009, as the program reaches its budgeted capacity.
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