State House approves hospital revenue fee

The Tennessee House of Representatives voted yesterday to renew a revenue tax on hospitals that's designed to avert cuts in TennCare. Jeff Woods has the story for The City Paper.

Hospital 'coverage fee' could be 3.5%

The Times Free Press reports on today's THA presentation to the legislature on an "enhanced coverage fee" of 3.5 percent on the revenues of most hospitals in the state. The revenue tax plan — which is larger than its initial iterations — is designed to draw down matching federal dollars and offset the impact of proposed TennCare cuts.