Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Delays In Medicaid Application Determinations

The Tennessee Medicaid program, TennCare, is being sued for delays in processing Medicaid applications submitted through the federal health insurance marketplace since October 1, 2013. In a new, but interim, enrollment process, TennCare required all applicants and existing beneficiaries to apply through the online federal health insurance marketplace website. The state is in the process of deploying a new computer system capable of processing Medicaid applications,  but the new system has not yet launched. The lawsuit, Melissa Wilson, et al. v. Darin Gordon, et al., was filed on July 23, 2014, by 11 named plaintiffs affected by the delay and . . .