Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-169: Section definitions - Reimbursement for non-opioid treatment to healthcare providers and hospitals

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Division" means the division of TennCare; and (2) "Non-opioid treatment" means a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting on the body's opioid receptors. (b) The division shall ensure that reimbursement is provided to a healthcare provider who provides a non-opioid treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program. (c) The division shall ensure that, to the extent permitted by law, a hospital that provides either inpatient or outpatient services to a recipient is reimbursed under the medical assistance program for any medically necessary non-opioid treatment provided as a part of those services. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 762,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Division" means the division of TennCare; and (2) "Non-opioid treatment" means a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting on the body's opioid receptors.

(1) "Division" means the division of TennCare; and

(2) "Non-opioid treatment" means a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting on the body's opioid receptors.

(b) The division shall ensure that reimbursement is provided to a healthcare provider who provides a non-opioid treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program.

(c) The division shall ensure that, to the extent permitted by law, a hospital that provides either inpatient or outpatient services to a recipient is reimbursed under the medical assistance program for any medically necessary non-opioid treatment provided as a part of those services.