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The Food and Drug Administration inspected Trammell’s Candies, Inc. in Sweetwater on Feb. 19 to assess foodborne biological hazards, according to information from the FDA website.

Medicaid expenditures for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in Cleveland climbed 41.3% in 2024, reflecting changing patterns of service use and reimbursement.

Riceville Bakery, LLC in Riceville underwent a foodborne biological hazard inspection by the FDA on March 19, according to information published on the FDA’s website.

There was one company in a city associated with McMinn County that received an FDA inspection in March, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Medicaid payments in Athens linked to the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category jumped 1856.8% in 2024, signaling shifts in how care is provided and reimbursed.

Medicaid spending for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category in Cleveland climbed by 661.3% in 2024, reflecting shifts in reimbursement and service use patterns.

Providers in Madisonville submitted $159,979 in Medicaid claims for Dental Services in 2024, representing a 145.2% increase over the prior year.

In 2024, Benton Medicaid providers billed $391 for services in the Procedures / Professional Services category, representing a 13.3% rise from the prior year.

In 2024, Decatur’s Medicaid providers billed $9,939 for Medicine Services and Procedures, marking a 6% rise compared with the prior year.

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Englewood billed $30 for services in the Surgery category, reflecting a 900% jump from the prior year.

Medicaid claims in Dayton for Procedures / Professional Services increased by 25.5% in 2024, illustrating shifts in healthcare billing and payment trends for the area.

Medicaid payments for the Evaluation and Management group jumped 797.9% to $217,612 in Etowah for 2024, reflecting shifts in service provision and reimbursement trends.

Ocoee saw a 58.6% rise in Medicaid payments related to the Medicine Services and Procedures category in 2024, highlighting shifts in usage and reimbursement.

Spring City saw Medicaid spending for the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies category climb 35.1% in 2024, highlighting shifts in service usage and reimbursement trends.

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Sweetwater submitted $363,612 in claims for services under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies, representing a 303.4% jump compared with the prior year.

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Dayton billed at least $23,736 for COVID-19–related services, using HCPCS codes tied specifically to virus care. Of the total billing linked to the coronavirus, 39.3%…

In 2024, Medicaid providers submitted at least $2,145 in claims for COVID-19–related services in Decatur, based on HCPCS codes tied to virus care, with 41.3% of those claims occurring during…

In 2024, Ocoee’s Medicaid claims linked to COVID-19–related services totaled more than $20,700, amounting to less than 0.1% of all Medicaid payments in the city.

Vonore Medicaid providers billed no less than $11,613 in 2024 for services under HCPCS codes directly tied to COVID-19, with 51.2% of related billing taking place during the peak pandemic…

In 2024, Medicaid providers in Cleveland submitted at least $442,855 in claims for services identified with COVID-19–specific HCPCS codes, with 16.5% of coronavirus-related billing recorded during the pandemic surge years…

Medicaid providers in Spring City billed a minimum of $12,855 for COVID-19–related services in 2024, with 24% of this virus-associated billing occurring during the peak pandemic years of 2020 and…

There was one company in a city associated with Loudon County that received FDA citations as a result of one inspection conducted in the county over the third quarter of…

There was one company in a city associated with Bradley County that received an FDA inspection in the third quarter of 2025, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

There were two companies in cities associated with Loudon County that received two FDA inspections in the third quarter of 2025, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.