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Amends the provisions governing the licensing standards in order to further clarify these provisions to comply with the directives of House Concurrent Resolution 92 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
Amends the provisions governing Medicaid financial eligibility in order to incorporate reasonable limits on incurred medical expense deductions in long-term care financial eligibility determinations, and to promulgate these provisions in a codified format for inclusion in the Louisiana Administrative Code.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing standards in order to further clarify these provisions to comply with the directives of House Concurrent Resolution 92 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
The April 2016 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide Third Party Liability (TPL) Services.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been notified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that two Louisiana residents who recently traveled to the Caribbean and South America were found to have had the Zika virus. Both individuals no longer have symptoms, and the Zika virus was confirmed after the individuals had recovered and no longer had the virus in their bloodstream.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) recently awarded an $800,000 loan to the Town of Jackson through the State’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. This low-interest subsidized loan will help improve infrastructure for the water system.
The Department of Health and Hospitals’ Office of Public Health provides residents of flood-affected areas some basic guidelines for safe mold cleanup and removal.
Tests ordered by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) and performed by a certified lab have confirmed that the water in Donaldsonville is safe to drink. As such, the do not drink the water advisory has been lifted.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Bureau of Health Services Financing, is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide financial management and support brokerage services to Medicaid participants enrolled in an approved self-direction program, such as managing payroll, providing bill paying functions, and distributing funds contained in individual participant budgets.
This evening, Louisiana State Health Officer Jimmy Guidry, MD, notified the Peoples Water System of Donaldsonville, LA that it must immediately change how it treats it drinking water after a routine inspection discovered possible elevated levels of chlorine dioxide in the treatment system. The directive is to make the change from using chlorine dioxide immediately this evening, March 22, 2016.