Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State seeks to identify a Contractor for the statewide provision of Dental Benefits Management (DBM) services for five (5) separate State DBM Programs (collectively referred to as the “State DBM Programs”), which include: 1) TennCare Children’s DBM Program, which is part of the TennCare Program, and administers dental services to approximately 900,000 eligible enrollees under age 21; 2) TennCare Adult DBM Program, which is part of the TennCare Program, and administers dental services to approximately 600,000 eligible enrollees age 21 and older; 3) TennCare Employment and Community First (ECF) CHOICES DBM Program and 1915© DBM Program, which administers covered adult dental benefits to approximately 11,000 eligible adults age 21 and older who have an intellectual or developmental disability and are enrolled in TennCare ECF CHOICES or a Section 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waiver; and 4) CoverKids DBM Program, which is part of the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), referred to in Tennessee as the CoverKids Program (CoverKids) which is a self-funded health plan providing certain dental benefits to approximately 35,000 eligible enrollees under age 19 enrolled in CoverKids medical coverage.
