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Meeting of the Advisory Committee Pursuant to La. R.S. 37: 1026.6
Meeting of the Advisory Committee Pursuant to La. R.S. 37: 1026.6
LDH News
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Health Department recommends private water well owners disinfect drinking water following Hurricane Francine
Free testing kits available to well owners impacted by Hurricane Francine
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LDH launches congenital syphilis prevention pilot to increase screening opportunities during pregnancy
Screening for syphilis in pregnant women and treating it promptly when it is diagnosed is a critical strategy in preventing syphilis from being passed to newborns.
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ICFs Funding Decisions
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NOW Individual Family Support Night Rate Increase
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Fall Road Shows
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RFI: CSoC Program
This RFI is issued for the purpose of gathering information from qualified entities who show a demonstrated capacity to provide coordination, administration, and management of specialized behavioral health services to Louisiana Medicaid children and youth eligible for, or enrolled in, the CSoC program. The CSoC program serves children and youth with severe emotional disturbances through the State’s Medicaid 1915(b)(3) and 1915(c) waivers.
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RFI: CSoC Program
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Northwest Louisiana Office of Public Health and Southern University at Shreveport to host opioid symposium
The symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Southern University at Shreveport, Alphonse Jackson Building Auditorium, 3050 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Shreveport.
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Hospital Services – Outpatient Hospital Services – Other Rural Hospitals LAC 50:V Chapter 79
Provides for reimbursement methodology to ensure that other rural hospitals remain financially viable so that the access to medical care that they provide to Medicaid beneficiaries in their communities will continue to be available and will improve in the future.
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Hospital Services – Inpatient Hospital Services – Other Rural Hospitals LAC 50:V Chapter 12
Provides for reimbursement methodology to ensure that other rural hospitals remain financially viable so that the access to medical care that they provide to Medicaid beneficiaries in their communities will continue to be available and will improve in the future.
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LDH issues post-hurricane safety guidance to prevent injuries, deaths
Heat-related illness and carbon monoxide poisoning have been the leading causes of post-storm deaths since 2020.