TennCare Implements Episodes Of Care Reimbursement For Anxiety & Depression On July 1

On July 1, 2017, the Tennessee Health Care Innovation Initiative implemented new cross-payer episodes of care reimbursement for anxiety and non-emergency depression. From May 2017 through December 2017, during the episode preview period, provider organizations will report data on treatment for consumers diagnosed with anxiety and non-emergency depression. The performance period will begin in January 2018.

The anxiety and non-emergency depression episodes of care are part of a larger initiative that began in February 2013, when the state launched the Tennessee Health Care Innovation Initiative to change the way that health care is paid for in . . .