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• July 09, 2020

  Louisiana Department of Health issues Request for Information for participation in the Medicaid Innovation Challenge

  The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) in partnership with Adaptation Health has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the Louisiana Medicaid Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge supports Louisiana Medicaid by identifying market-ready solutions to engage members through the appropriate use of technology. The RFI has been published to identify innovative solutions to address member communication and engagement.

• July 08, 2020

  CDC Announces ACIP's Expanded Hepatitis A Vaccination Recommendation

  As new tools and resources are available, we at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will share them with you in the form of a newsletter, such as this one. We hope you find this information useful in supporting your activities and as you communicate with others about the hepatitis A outbreaks.

• July 06, 2020

  RFI: The Louisiana Medicaid Innovation Challenge

  The purpose of this RFI is to seek responses from organizations that have market-ready innovative and inventive solutions to improve Medicaid member communication and engagement.

• July 06, 2020

  Office of Public Health's Dr. Lacey Cavanaugh featured in LDH Blog Q&A series

  "It's hard to even go into the grocery store without seeing people I know who have been impacted by COVID in some way. Everyone has had a different challenge, but COVID has challenged everyone in some different way," Dr. Cavanaugh writes about her region.

• July 02, 2020

  LDH Blog: Q&A with the RMDs: Dr. Lacey Cavanaugh

  In this Q&A blog series, our regional public health leaders will be answering the same questions, and together they will paint a statewide perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response in their communities. Dr. Lacey Cavanaugh is the Regional Medical Director for Region 5, which includes the parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis.

• July 02, 2020

  Region 5 Office of Public Health updates mobile COVID-19 testing sites for July 6 to July 10

  These updated testing sites are for the region that includes Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes.

• July 02, 2020

  RFI: Medical Monitoring Stations operated by Hospitals

  Medical Monitoring Stations operated by Hospitals to provide treatment, medical services, assistance with activities of daily living, and related services to eligible COVID-19 positive individuals who are referred and/or approved for such services by the Louisiana Department of Health.

• July 02, 2020

  EMERGENCY ORDER: Extension Medical and Surgical Procedures, Dental Visits, Procedures and Surgeries, Other Healthcare Services

  This Emergency Order shall continue the previously issued Notice #2020-COVID-19-ALL-020, and shall remain in effect from 11:59 p.m. on July 5, 2020, until further notice from the State Health Officer.

• June 29, 2020

  Region 6 Office of Public Health updates mobile COVID-19 testing sites for June 29 to July 3

  These updated testing sites are for the region that includes Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon and Winn parishes.

• June 29, 2020

  Region 5 Office of Public Health lists mobile COVID-19 testing sites for June 29 to July 3

  These updated testing sites are for the region that includes Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes.

• June 29, 2020

  Public Hearing: Louisiana Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant

  The Louisiana Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant will hold a public hearing for the annual work plan on Monday June 29th from 10:30am-11:00am via Zoom Videoconferencing (https://zoom.us/j/97421073973). The public is welcome to share any comments or recommendations from this work.

• June 26, 2020

  Health Department reports 1,354 new COVID-19 cases

  The Louisiana Department of Health reports 1,354 COVID-19 cases reported to the state since yesterday, bringing the total to 54,769 cases.