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Louisiana’s efforts to reduce the number of children living without health insurance have received a significant boost from the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The department’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded an additional $10.7 million to the Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides no-cost health care coverage for low-income children under the age of 19.
Under an oyster relaying program, Louisiana oyster harvesters can now be permitted to move oysters from the public oyster seed grounds located southwest of Point Au Fer, Atchafalaya Bay and transplant them to private leases for later harvest. This program is part of an initiative by both the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
According to national health experts, the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets has increased the risk that many people may not be getting the essential vitamins and minerals necessary for health and well-being such as folic acid. This is because carbohydrates such as fortified grains are a valuable source of vitamins and minerals.
The statistics are sobering. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in five children nationwide between the ages of six to 17 are overweight. This is double the number reported just 30 years ago. To help combat this problem, the La. Department of Health and Hospitals will be starting a four-month program aimed at getting kids off the couch and burning calories.
State health officials today released a final West Nile virus case count for 2004. There were 114 human cases and seven deaths in 2004.
Obesity has emerged as a top health threat for the United States and for Louisiana. The Louisiana Council on Obesity Prevention and Management, along with the Department of Health and Hospitals and other education and health professional organizations, has created a supplement to the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. The supplement will be available to all members in early January. It will provide continuing education credits for Louisiana Medical Society members and appeal to all health care providers as front-line fighters in the state’s battle against obesity.
Under an oyster relaying program, Louisiana oyster harvesters can now be permitted to move oysters from the public oyster seed grounds located southwest of Point Au Fer, Atchafalaya Bay and transplant them to their private leases for later harvest. This program is part of an initiative by both the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
The Louisiana Rural Health Information Technology Partnership received $1.1 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. The grant award will be used to increase technology for critical access hospitals and providers.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Medicaid Program, in conjunction with Louisiana Covering Kids & Families, has begun a targeted two-year outreach project designed to reduce the number of uninsured children in the central Louisiana area.
Getting a birth certificate or death record is now easier than ever thanks to a new online service recently started by the Department of Health and Hospitals’ Vital Records Registry.
Louisiana is one of only six states to achieve the highest preparedness status from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in demonstrating that health care workers are prepared to distribute vaccines and antidotes in the event of an emergency.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced today it has filed a request with the federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services to participate in a multi-state Medicaid drug purchasing pool.