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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals today launches an historic transformation of the Medicaid program as the first region of the State goes live with the improved health care service delivery program known as BAYOU HEALTH
The Region 4 (Acadiana area) Office of Public Health has organized a donation drive that will combat one public health issue while providing a solution for another.
The Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) has reached a settlement in a class action brought by Medicaid beneficiaries of the Long-Term Personal Care Services (LT-PCS) Program.
With the full transition to BAYOU HEALTH in the New Orleans and Northshore regions just two and a half weeks away, the Department of Health and Hospitals is working diligently to ensure that every eligible Medicaid and LaCHIP recipient has an opportunity to choose a Health Plan.
Making Medicaid Better Newsletter 10.06.2011
BATON ROUGE - The future of Louisiana's children is the focus of a workshop being held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at the Corcoran Conference Center at 4200 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is warning residents about the dangers of the improper use of neti pots. The warning follows the state’s second death this year caused by Naegleria fowleri, the so-called brain-eating ameba. A 51-year-old DeSoto Parish woman died recently after using tap water in a neti pot to irrigate her sinuses and becoming infected with the deadly ameba. In June, a 20-year-old St. Bernard Parish man died under the same circumstances. Naegleria fowleri infects people by entering the body through the nose. A neti pot is commonly used to irrigate sinuses, and looks like a genie’s lamp.
Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given the green light to the state's BAYOU HEALTH program.
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein was joined by legislators, advocates, health care providers and Health Plan representatives today at the Mahalia Jackson Center to announce the BAYOU HEALTH enrollee empowerment initiative.