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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards tomorrow. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts this evening, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
LDH News
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LA Wallet Now Offers Digital Medicaid and Health Plan ID Cards
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Louisiana Medicaid Increased Physician Reimbursement Rates Beginning July 1, 2025
Effective July 1, 2025, Medicaid physician reimbursement rates increased to 85% of the March 2024 Region 99 Medicare rates for applicable services. Reimbursements at or above this threshold will remain the same.
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Waiver Spend-Down Patient Liability Income (PLI) Update for Providers
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Louisiana Expands Developmental Screening Support for Children through 2025 Initiative
The Developmental Screening Implementation Training and Support initiative equips healthcare providers with comprehensive resources to integrate the Louisiana Developmental Screening Guidelines (LDSG) into their practices.
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Louisiana Medicaid to launch consent-based verification pilot for income checks
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Louisiana Medicaid Revalidation Reminder for Providers
All Medicaid-enrolled providers must revalidate their enrollment information every five years. Failure to revalidate by the due date may lead to claim denials and deactivation of billing privileges.
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Attention: Pediatric Healthcare Providers
The Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (LaPQC) is recruiting pediatric providers, including family practices that provide care for infants, to participate in the next 10-month Caregiver Perinatal Depression Screening (CPDS) Learning Collaborative, beginning in Spring/Summer 2025.
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Medicaid Provider Enrollment Rebaseline Project Has Begun
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Healthy Louisiana Open Enrollment begins in October
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LDH Seeks Provider, Stakeholder Input for Maternal Health Funding Initiative
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Long-term care patient liability income changes
Louisiana Medicaid is implementing changes to the way it determines the amount Medicaid members must pay for their long-term care (LTC) healthcare services. This will include changes to timelines for reporting and calculations that may impact members and providers. Louisiana Medicaid provides coverage for LTC healthcare services for eligible members in nursing facilities and home and community-based settings. In many cases, members are required to cover a portion of the cost that Medicaid does not pay. This amount is known as patient liability income (PLI) and is owed to the provider who delivers the care.