The Renfrew Center — Nashville
Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient · Adolescents and adults · Women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals
Tennessee
Eating disorder treatment in Tennessee
An estimated 595,952 Tennesseans will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. The state's specialty care sits in three of its four major metros, and residential options are limited across East and West Tennessee. Care ranges from medical stabilization at academic children's hospitals through residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and virtual programs.(source)
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Medical stabilizationMedical management of malnutrition, refeeding, comorbidities.Inpatient hospitalizationAcute hospital care for medical instability and psychiatric crisis.Residential treatmentLive-in care with 24/7 clinical and nursing support, in a non-hospital setting.Partial hospitalization (PHP)Day treatment, structured clinical hours.Intensive outpatient (IOP)Several days per week, returning to work or family.OutpatientWeekly therapy and medical visits.Virtual / telehealth treatmentRemote care, from outpatient therapy to full virtual IOP and PHP.
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Nashville
Aster Springs — Bellevue (Nashville)
Residential, Partial (PHP) · Adults 18 and up · Adult women (residential); all genders (PHP)
Aster Springs — Harpeth (Nashville)
Residential · Adults 18 and up · Adult women
Aster Springs Outpatient — Nashville
Partial (PHP), IOP · Adults 18 and up · All genders
Vanderbilt Adolescent and Young Adult Eating Disorders Program
Outpatient · Ages 12 to 22 · All genders
Brentwood
Rogers Behavioral Health — Nashville
Partial (PHP), IOP · Children, adolescents, and adults · All genders
Chattanooga
Focus Treatment Centers — Chattanooga
Residential, Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient · Adults (residential); adolescents and adults (IOP) · All genders
Cordova
Haven of Hope Eating Disorder Care Center
Residential · Adult women · Female-identifying adults 18 and up
Memphis
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Eating Disorder Program
Outpatient · Children and adolescents · All genders
About eating disorder treatment in Tennessee
Most specialty programs are in metro Nashville. Aster Springs (Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare) runs adult-women residential and all-genders partial hospitalization, and Aster Springs Outpatient provides partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient at Vanderbilt Place. Vanderbilt's program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital serves ages 12 to 22. Chattanooga has Focus Treatment Centers, the only adult residential program in East Tennessee, and Cordova near Memphis has Haven of Hope, adult-women residential. Knoxville, the Tri-Cities, rural Appalachia, and West Tennessee outside the Memphis area have no in-person specialty program above outpatient.
Paying for treatment in Tennessee
Most commercial health plans in Tennessee cover eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, subject to your plan's deductible, copays, and prior-authorization requirements for higher levels of care. Whether a given program is in network depends on your specific plan's contracts.(source)
TennCare (Tennessee Medicaid) covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization and medical-necessity review for higher levels of care. Few in-state specialty programs publicly list TennCare among accepted plans, so coverage is confirmed program by program; a licensed program can check your TennCare benefits when you call. Children may also qualify for coverage through CoverKids.(source)
Tennessee requires state-regulated plans to comply with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The state's parity statute is DSM-aligned and doesn't separately name eating disorders, so eating disorder coverage protection runs through the broad DSM-based mandate plus federal MHPAEA. Self-funded employer plans follow federal law.(source)
To start a benefits verification, call to be connected with a licensed eating disorder program.
See also: our insurance guides, how to verify your benefits, and how virtual eating disorder treatment works.
Common questions about eating disorder treatment in Tennessee
Where can I get residential eating disorder treatment in Tennessee?
Most residential eating disorder programs are in Nashville, with options in Memphis and Chattanooga. In the Nashville area, Aster Springs runs two residential campuses for adult women. Near Memphis, Haven of Hope in Cordova offers trauma-integrated residential care for female-identifying adults. In Chattanooga, Focus Treatment Centers provides residential care for adults of all genders. Knoxville and the Tri-Cities have no in-state residential or specialty day program.
Does TennCare cover eating disorder treatment in Tennessee?
TennCare covers eating disorder treatment as a behavioral health benefit, though not every in-state specialty program participates. For TennCare members who need specialty care, the main in-state options are usually virtual programs licensed to treat Tennessee residents and outpatient care through community mental health centers.
What about eating disorder treatment in Knoxville or the Tri-Cities?
Neither Knoxville nor the Tri-Cities (Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol) currently has an in-person specialty eating disorder program at the residential, partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient level. For Tennessee residents in these areas, virtual programs are the main option for outpatient and intensive outpatient care. Higher levels of care mean travel to Nashville (about 3 hours from Knoxville) or Chattanooga (about 2 hours), or an out-of-state program.
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