NASHVILLE, Tenn.  – Officials with a state agency that’s been sending inaccurate letters to Tennesseans informing them they don’t qualify for Medicaid say they’re addressing the issue.

The letters sent this year are automatically generated by an outdated computer system when someone applies to the Department of Human Services for food stamps.

The computer makes eligibility determinations according to old income guidelines, not the new ones set by the federal health care law. And the letters are coming from an agency that as of Jan. 1 was supposed to stop making Medicaid eligibility determinations for TennCare, Tennessee’s version of Medicaid.

Devin Stone, communications officer for DHS, says the agency is aware of the issue and is assessing the ability to make modifications.

This story came from The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1vO3bJy)