The $20 million in funding from the federal government came as a result of Nashville General treating uninsured and underinsured patients. The federal government reimburses the state for caring for these types of patients, according to the report.
Nashville General faces a $10.5 million shortfall next year, and advocates claim the hospital has not received enough of the federal money it has generated. TennCare executives, however, said in the report that the advocates “have misunderstood the way the program works” and that the funding is used to operate the entire TennCare program.
The Metro Council will vote on the resolution next month.
Read the Tennessean’s report on Nashville General Hospital.
