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• February 12, 2013

  State Health Secretary Selected for National Commission on Long-Term Care

  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced today he has selected Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein to be a member of the recently created National Commission on Long-Term Care. Greenstein is the only representative thus far from Louisiana appointed to the bipartisan, 15-member commission, which is tasked with studying how to effectively reform long-term care supports and services and submitting recommendations to Congress.

• February 07, 2013

  Louisiana AG Files Suit Against GlaxoSmithKline Over Off-Label Marketing

• January 23, 2013

  Health Department Announces Plans to Launch Innovative Model for Medicaid Hospice Program

  Today, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein announced plans to reform the Medicaid Hospice Program, with a focus on providing services in the community. The department has secured bridge funding from existing grants to continue the current hospice program, which was set to end on Feb. 1, until the reformed program can be implemented later this spring. Previous Administration decisions regarding the Medicaid budget will still remain intact. The savings will still be realized from the original reduction, with Hospice services continuing through this existing funding stream.

• January 18, 2013

  State Health Officials Announce Public-Private Partnership Agreement in Development for Walter O. Moss Regional Medical Center in Lake Charles

  Today, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein and LSU System Executive Vice President for Health Care and Medical Education Redesign Dr. Frank Opelka announced a public-private partnership agreement is under way for Walter O. Moss Regional Medical Center with Lake Charles Memorial Hospital and its partner, West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital.

• December 10, 2012

  State Health Officials Announce Landmark Public-Private Partnership Agreements for LSU Hospitals

  Today, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein and LSU System Executive Vice President for Health Care and Medical Education Redesign Dr. Frank Opelka held events in three regions of the state to announce that agreements have been reached to form public-private partnerships involving three LSU hospitals. Interim LSU Hospital and its successor University Medical Center in New Orleans will partner with Louisiana Children’s Medical Center; Leonard J. Chabert Hospital in Houma has reached agreements with Ochsner Health System and Terrebonne General Medical Center; and University Medical Center in Lafayette has formed a partnership with its neighbor, Lafayette General Medical Center.

• November 30, 2012

  Health Department Reports 11 New West Nile Cases, One New Death

  The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals continues to detect West Nile cases up to the year’s end, with state health officials reporting 11 new cases and one new death this week.

• November 19, 2012

  West Nile Cases Continue to Climb: Health Department Reports 15 New Cases, One Death

  The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals uncovered 15 new West Nile cases this week, and reports one death from the disease. The State is experiencing its worst West Nile outbreak in a decade this year, and health care providers continue identifying new cases into the fall season.

• November 14, 2012

  Louisiana Issues Letter to Federal Health Officials Opting Out of Health Insurance Exchanges

  Today, the State of Louisiana sent a letter to the federal Department of Health and Human Services declaring that the state declines to assume the risk of building a health insurance Exchange as outlined by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

• November 09, 2012

  Health Department Reports 12 New West Nile Cases, Two Deaths

  The state’s worst year for West Nile virus in a decade continues into the fall season, with state health officials reporting 12 new cases and two deaths this week.

• November 05, 2012

  West Nile Cases Continue Into November

  State health officials today confirmed six new West Nile cases, urging Louisiana residents to continue to Fight the Bite. No deaths from the disease occurred this week.

• October 31, 2012

  Pharmacy Becomes Benefit of Some Bayou Health Plans

  Tomorrow, Nov. 1, pharmacy becomes a benefit of three Medicaid Bayou Health Plans, with those plans assuming responsibility for helping members access pharmacy services, encouraging compliance with medication and driving use of the most clinically effective, least expensive drug available.

• October 26, 2012

  Early Childhood Community Provides Feedback on Act 3 Implementation