By the Numbers
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By the Numbers: Tennessee approves insurers’ 2019 ACA requests
The requests garnered approval on Aug. 22 from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and now head to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for final approval. Two insurers revised original requests for deeper decreases after a commitment from the federal government on risk adjustment payments. Read more: »Competition shakes up Tennessee… Continue reading
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In Charts: Drug, opioid, fentanyl + heroin overdoses in Tennessee
The number of Tennesseans who died from drug overdoses hit another record high in 2017, continuing a troubling trend that’s plagued the state for nearly a decade. Measures to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions, such as hydrocodone and oxycontin, have started to take hold across the state, as illustrated above in an analysis from… Continue reading
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What’s in Gov. Bill Haslam’s $30 million opioid proposal? Health policy experts mapped it.
What you’ll read about: Health policy experts at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine got inspired to map how Gov. Bill Haslam’s team allocated its proposal to fight opioid abuse and addiction. They want to help people wrap their head around the issue. Continue reading
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