Service Results for Complaints/Fraud/Abuse

Various Programs within he Health Standards Section

The Health Standards Section investigates complaints against licensed health care providers.

Medicaid fraud is a crime that steals taxpayer money and robs vulnerable residents of care. If you suspect a recipient or a doctor, clinic, hospital, home health service or any other kind of medical provider is committing Medicaid fraud, report it.

Act 461 enacts reforms to address workplace violence in healthcare settings, including but not limited to establishing duties and requirements of licensed healthcare facilities with respect to addressing and preventing workplace violence; requiring the posting of certain cautionary signage at licensed healthcare facilities; requiring reporting of acts of workplace violence occurring at licensed healthcare facilities; prohibiting retaliation by certain employers in connection with reporting of healthcare workplace violence; requiring the Louisiana Department of Health to maintain on its website public information regarding healthcare workplace violence; and authorizing enforcement actions by the Department.