Tools

• Finding a Primary Care Provider
• Transportation Information
  • Find Public Transportation to Your Appointment
  • Urban Transit Systems
  • Rural Transit Systems
• Child Health Information
  • Health Information
  • Parenting Tips
  • Information About Development
• Organizing Your Child's Medical Information
• Community Resources

Finding a Primary Care Provider

• American Academy of Pediatrics (click on "Find a Pediatrician")
• Find a local health department in Tennessee
• Get Covered Tennessee or Call 1-866-475-7879
  
• TN Primary Care Association (click on "Find a Health Center")
• 211 or dial 211 from your phone
• KidsHealth
• WebMD

Transportation Information

Arranging TennCare Transportation: If your child has TennCare, and you need transportation to a health appointment, call your managed care organization (numbers listed below) to help you arrange transportation.

• United Healthcare: 1-800-690-1606
• AMERIGROUP: 1-800-600-4441
• BlueCare: 1-800-468-9698
• TennCare Select: 1-800-263-5479

Find Public Transportation to Your Appointment

Statewide listing of all public transportation, by county

Urban Transit Systems

• Bristol
• Chattanooga
• Clarksville
• Franklin
• Gatlinburg
• Jackson
• Johnson City
• Kingsport
• Knoxville
• Memphis
• Murfreesboro
• Nashville
• Pigeon Forge

Rural Transit Systems

• Delta (Fayette, Lauderdale, Tipton and non-urban Shelby counties)
• East TN (Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties)
• Mid-Cumberland (Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, and Wilson counties)
• Northeast TN (Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties)
• Northwest TN (Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, and Weakley counties)
• South Central TN (Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Wayne)
• Southeast TN (Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie)
• Southwest TN (Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and McNairy counties)
• Upper Cumberland (Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, Dekalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, and White counties)

Child Health Information

Being a parent can be tough! No one expects you to know all the answers. If you have questions about your child's health, ask your primary care provider first. He or she knows your child or adolescent well and can give you good information about how your child can stay healthy.

For more information about specific health questions, check out some of these web sites:

Health Information

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• Kids Health
• WebMD
• TN Department of Health-Newborn Screening Program
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• TN Department of Health-Maternal and Child Health
• TN Department of Health-Information for Parents

Parenting Tips

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• WebMD

Information About Development

• Infants (ages 0-1) 
• Toddlers (ages 1-2) 
• Toddlers (ages 2-3) 
• Preschoolers (ages 3-5) 
• Middle Childhood (ages 6-8) 
• Middle Childhood (ages 9-11)
• Early Adolescence (ages 12-14)
• Middle Adolescence (ages 15-17)

Organizing Your Child's Medical Information

Keeping track of all the important documents related to your child's health can be a challenge!

FREE tools are available to help you store this important information.

• American Academy of Pediatrics—Build Your Own Care Notebook
•  Partnering with your Doctor (English)     
• Partnering with your Doctor (Spanish)

Community Resources

• TN Disability Pathfinder
• TN Department of Education-Family Resource Centers (look for "FRC Directory")
• TN Disability Coalition
• Family Voices
• 211: Dial "211" from your phone