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MEDIA ADVISORY: State health officials join BCBS to announce important changes aimed at improving Louisiana's birth outcomes
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| Tuesday, September 2, 2014 | Contact: Ken Pastorick; (225) 342-1881 or (225) 335-0235 (cell) |
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| What: |
State health officials, hospital executives and other health care leaders to announce payment reform to help improve the health of Louisiana newborns and mothers.
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| When: |
10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014
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| Where: |
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Waiting Area
Third Floor
Woman's Hospital
100 Woman's Way
Baton Rouge, LA 70817 |
| Who: |
- DHH Secretary Kathy H. Kliebert
- BCBS of Louisiana Medical Director Dr. David Carmouche
- Woman's Hospital CEO Teri Fontenot
- Woman's Hospital Chief Quality Officer Dr. William Binder, MD, OB/GYN
- Ochsner Health System Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology Dr. Al Robichaux
- March of Dimes of Louisiana State Director of Program Services and Governmental Affairs Makesha Judson
- Louisiana Bayou Health Plan Executives
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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals strives to protect and promote health statewide and to ensure access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all state citizens. To learn more about DHH, visit www.dhh.louisiana.gov. For up-to-date health information, news and emergency updates, follow DHH's Twitter account and Facebook.
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