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Louisiana Department of Health verifies two additional hurricane-related deaths
Louisiana Department of Health on Sunday verifies two additional deaths tied to Hurricane Laura, bringing the state's current death toll to 14.
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Home- and Community-Based Provider issues related to tropical systems Marco and Laura
Information on relief available to licensed home- and community-based service providers (HBCSP) affected by Hurricane Laura.
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LDH updates methodology for assigning locations to COVID cases, tests
As of today, LDH has updated the methodology used to assign cases and tests to the best known locations. This new methodology allows us to account for patients who have been tested more than once and may have moved at some point during this public health emergency.
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Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities - Reimbursement Methodology (LAC 50:VII.32903)
Amends the provisions governing reimbursement for non-state intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities in order to increase the rate reimbursement rates to facilities that downsized from over 100 beds to less than 35 beds prior to December 31, 2010 without the benefit of a cooperative endeavor agreement, in compliance with Act 1 of the 2020 First Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
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Programs and Services Amendments Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency -- Home and Community-Based Services Waivers and Long-Term Personal Care Services
Amends the provisions governing the Adult Day Health Care Waiver, the Community Choices Waiver, and Long-Term Personal Care Services throughout the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency declaration, and clarifies that the Home and Community-Based Services waiver provisions which correspond to Louisiana's section 1915(c) Appendix K waiver will remain in effect for the duration of the Emergency Rules published in the April 20, 2020 edition of the Louisiana Register or until the Appendix K waiver termination date of January 26, 2021, whichever is later.
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Ruston restaurant agrees to COVID-19 stipulations to resume operations
The Louisiana Department of Health came to an agreement with the owners of Peking Buffet, located at 1300 North Vienna Street in Ruston, which will allow the restaurant to reopen following its closure due to excessive non-compliance with Gov. John Bel Edwards' COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
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Southwest Louisiana mobile testing site closed Monday to Wednesday ahead of anticipated tropical weather
The test site is moving next week to a new location in Lake Charles, in the 700 block of Dora Street. From East Prien Lake Road, take Kirkman Street North, then turn left at Dora Street and follow the signage for where to enter and exit the test site.
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Office of Public Health's Dr. Joe Kanter featured in LDH Blog Q&A series
"Early on, our elected leaders made difficult decisions to cancel public events, order aggressive but necessary social distancing measures, and issue calls for the public to stay at home to limit the virus’s spread. Most notably, the people of the greater New Orleans area heeded those calls. ... By embracing these recommendations, we were able to flatten the curve and keep hospitals from becoming overwhelmed," Dr. Kanter writes of the greater New Orleans region.
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Department of Health intends to issue a new Request for Proposals for Managed Care Organizations
The Louisiana Department of Health has requested to withdraw its intent to award contracts to four managed care organizations (MCOs) and if the Commissioner of Administration approves this request, LDH will develop and issue a new Request for Proposals (RFP) for the procurement of state contracts with MCOs to manage health care benefits for Louisiana Medicaid enrollees.
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Mobile COVID-19 testing in southwest Louisiana moves to new location
Next week, COVID-19 mobile testing for Region 5 is moving to a new location in Lake Charles. Community testing is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon.
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Gov. Edwards Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Dual Tropical Systems Threatening Louisiana
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Court grants LDH's petition for temporary restraining order against Ruston restaurant following COVID-19 violations
The Louisiana Department of Health on Friday obtained a temporary restraining order against Peking Buffet, located at 1300 North Vienna Street in Ruston, following excessive non-compliance with Gov. John Bel Edwards' emergency order aimed at mitigating the spread of COVID-19.