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The Department of Health, Health Standards Section has submitted final rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the January 20, 2025 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
LDH advises residents to stay indoors during extreme cold and to seek shelter if you are unhoused.
The Healthcare Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) provides matching grants to universities, technical colleges, healthcare systems, hospitals, agencies and associations working to grow the healthcare pipeline in Louisiana.
The January 2025 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
The Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted Final Rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the January 20, 2025 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
The death of a 65-year-old male from Rapides Parish was due to hypothermia and confirmed by the coroner as weather-related.
The patient was over the age of 65 and was reported to have underlying medical conditions.
Annual reports from Louisiana's Medicaid program (Bureau of Health Services Financing).
Amends the provisions governing intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID) to eliminate the expiration date on an increased per diem rate for ICFs/IID that downsized from over 100 beds to less than 35 beds prior to December31, 2010, without the benefit of a cooperative endeavor agreement or transitional rate and that incurred excessive capital costs.