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Access to quality health care takes a large step forward in New Orleans with the awarding of $16,721,920 in health care grants. The funds are designed to assist in the stabilization, restoration and expansion of 25 health care service provider organizations in the New Orleans area.
Baton Rouge – New federal funding is now available to help existing community clinics in the Greater New Orleans area expand their services, open satellite clinics, stay open longer hours and hire more medical staff.
An estimated 9,000 additional uninsured Louisiana children will be eligible to sign up for state health care benefits over the next year through an expansion of the Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP).
Baton Rouge – The Department of Health and Hospitals announced today two grant awards totaling more than $56 million to aid in restoring access to health care in Katrina-impacted communities. The grants were awarded through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The Department of Health and Hospitals announced today two grant awards totaling more than $56 million to aid in restoring access to health care in Katrina-impacted communities. The grants were awarded through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Baton Rouge – Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $161 million to Louisiana to improve health care in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Baton Rouge – Over the past week, the Department of Health and Hospitals issued checks to 31 more hospitals that cared for uninsured patients last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Earlier payments were made to East and West Jefferson hospitals.) With these latest payments, DHH met its mid-February goal of issuing extra funding to hospitals that qualified because they treated higher numbers of uninsured patients.
Registration is now open for the Lighten Up Louisiana statewide competition for 2007. The overwhelmingly successful program encourages Louisiana citizens to get healthy by focusing on making better food choices and increasing physical activity. This time around, both the adult and kids’ versions will run at the same time. In addition, individuals as well as teams can now join the competition.
Baton Rouge – Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and the Department of Health and Hospitals today announced the latest round of payments that are set to go out to hospitals that cared for uninsured patients last year.
The Department of Health and Hospitals’ Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health will host a conference to address strategies to better deal with chronic health conditions.
On January 17, 2007 at 10:00 am Lighten Up Louisiana will be kicking off its second fitness competition at Louisiana’s Office of Group Benefits at Bon Carre, 7389 Florida Blvd., Suite 400.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals awarded pharmacy grants to four community-based collaborations for projects aimed at increasing access to affordable prescription drugs for residents of rural and underserved areas.