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• August 08, 2013

  Louisiana Recognized for Low Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Program Rates

  Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services released findings citing Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals for its exemplary Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program rates for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in fiscal year 2012. Through strategic department initiatives, DHH posted a rate well below the national average PERM rate. PERM error rates reflect both underpayments and overpayments that may have been made incorrectly.. PERM error rates are based on review of the fee-for-service (FFS), managed care and eligibility components of Medicaid and CHIP in the fiscal year under review. Two examples of errors include lack of proper documentation and providers billing the wrong number of units.

• August 05, 2013

  Louisiana Receives Final Approval for Partnership with Our Lady of the Lake

  BATON ROUGE, La. -- Governor Bobby Jindal announced today that Louisiana received final federal approval for the state's public-private partnership with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, which took over operations of the former Earl K. Long Medical Center earlier this year.

• August 01, 2013

  State Health Department Confirms Two Louisiana Cases of Cyclospora

  This week the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) confirmed two cases of cyclospora in Louisiana, one in Bienville Parish and one in Terrebonne Parish.

• August 01, 2013

  Louisiana Improves in Annual Federal Breastfeeding Rankings, Improves Rate of Breastfeeding in Infants to more than Sixty Percent

  Louisiana jumped four spots in the federal government’s latest breastfeeding report card, marking solid progress in the state’s support of breastfeeding, the Department of Health and Hospitals announced Thursday. Breastfeeding has been proven to improve health outcomes for women and children, including reducing the rate of childhood obesity.

• July 25, 2013

  DHH Partners with March of Dimes and Nurse-Family Partnership for 2013 Statewide Maternal and Child Health Summit

  The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is collaborating with the March of Dimes Louisiana Chapter and Nurse-Family Partnership to sponsor the 2013 Statewide Maternal and Child Health Summit, which will bring together maternal and child health advocates and policymakers to discuss ways to improve health outcomes for newborns and mothers.

• July 23, 2013

  DHH Reports 2013’s First Human Case of West Nile Virus

  The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has reported the state's first case of West Nile virus in a human in 2013. The case was confirmed July 22nd in Caldwell Parish and was determined to be a neuroinvasive disease.

• June 28, 2013

  Health Department Advises 'Take Precautions when Swimming'

  The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals encourages Louisiana residents to exercise caution in swimming in natural bodies of water this summer, as one resident has died and three others have become ill from infections contracted after swimming in seawater along the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

• June 14, 2013

  During Men's Health Week, LDH Challenges Men to Embrace Healthy Lifestyles, Participate in Routine Screenings

  As part of Men's Health Week, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Office of Public Health (OPH) challenges all fathers and men to embrace a healthy lifestyle that includes exercise, a healthy diet filled with fruits and vegetables and, most importantly, routine health screenings and early treatment for disease.

• May 15, 2013

  DHH Recognizes National Women's Health Week

  The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals celebrates National Women's Health Week, May 12-18. National Women's Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority. It also encourages women to take steps to improve their physical and mental health and lower risks of certain diseases.

• April 26, 2013

  In Case You Missed It: BR Business Report: OLOL performs first surgeries under LSU partnership

  Surgeons at Our Lady of the Lake's renovated Perkins Surgery Center on Tuesday performed the first surgery on a patient who would ordinarily have been treated at Earl K. Long Medical Center before its closure.

• April 26, 2013

  Early Data Shows Babies Born in Louisiana Spending Fewer Days in Intensive Care

  Partnerships between the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, nonprofit advocacy groups and Louisiana hospitals reduced the number of days babies born in Louisiana have spent in Neonatal Intensive Care units by 20,000, according to preliminary data from DHH’s Birth Outcomes Initiative.

• April 24, 2013

  CajunCodeFest 2.0 Brings Dozens of Techies to Lafayette to Compete to Create the Best, Most Innovative Health Care App

  This week, the focus of national health care will be on Louisiana as hundreds of software developers and coders from all over the world will converge on Lafayette to compete in CajunCodeFest 2.0 and build innovative applications that encourage and enable people to own their own health by making more informed health care decisions.