State requests bids for TennCare business

TennCare has released a request for proposals for healthcare plans to offer both medical and behavioral health services to enrollees in East and West Tennessee. At stake in the latest opportunity is 790,000 beneficiaries and premium revenue of $2.1 billion. In July 2006, AmeriGroup and AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare won after completion of a similar process for Middle Tennessee members of the state's expanded Medicaid program.