# CMS Administrator Seema Verma's Press Call Remarks as Prepared for Delivery on TennCare (Jan. 8, 2021)

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**Title:** CMS Administrator Seema Verma's Press Call Remarks as Prepared for Delivery on TennCare
**Date:** January 8, 2021
**Office as stated:** CMS Administrator

First paragraph (verbatim):

"Thank you for joining today's call, as we announce the approval of a groundbreaking new demonstration for the state of Tennessee that infuses the principles of value-based care into the Medicaid program like never before."