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2009 Vital Statistics Data Tables
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2008 Vital Statistics Data Tables
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DHH Announces 24/7 Access to Louisiana Restaurant Inspections through new Food Safety Website
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RFP for Contingency Contract for Emergency Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Adult Beds in Caddo or Bossier Parishes
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers interested in providing, within 12 hours of notification, a maximum of 22 staffed acute inpatient psychiatric beds in the Caddo or Bossier Parish area to serve adults with serious mental illness requiring evacuation as a result of a declared emergency (natural disaster or other). In addition to medical services, advance planning for the augmentation of psychiatric services is an essential component of the state’s overall disaster preparedness and response. Services that must be provided include crisis triage, assessment, treatment and stabilization services for individuals with multiple service needs, specifically individuals with co-occurring disorders and evacuees impacted by a hurricane event.
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DHH Emphasizes Health Benefits of Nursing During Louisiana Breastfeeding Week
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RFP for Staff Augmentation for Emergency Operational Support
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit a proposal from proposer(s) that will provide staff augmentation for emergency operational support to the DHH Bureau of EMS during a declared state of emergency. The successful proposer(s) will support the BEMS in the provision of one or more of the following four deliverables: i. Tactical Operations Center ii. Processing Sites iii. EMS DRC Field Support iv. Bus Triage Site
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DHH Announces Five Contract Recommendations for Coordinated Care Networks to Improve Health Outcomes for Louisiana Medicaid Recipients
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Making Medicaid Better Newsletter 7.22.2011
Making Medicaid Better Newsletter 7.22.2011
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RFP for Independent Verification and Validation Services
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified and experienced proposers that provide Independent Verification & Validation (IV & V) services for MMIS enterprises and MMIS replacement projects. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals seeks to obtain an IV&V contractor to perform two areas of IV & V services: the monitoring of operations of the existing MMIS, and IV & V services for the Design, Development and Implementation (DDI) of a replacement MMIS. The MMIS Replacement Project DDI is intended to replace the entire MMIS Enterprise including, but not limited to, claims processing, pharmacy point of sale (POS), data warehouse (MARS/DW), authorized services, and other support systems with a state-of-the-art, HIPAA compliant, rules-driven, on-line, real-time, web-based MMIS that is versatile in its architecture, structure, and code to support the evolving business needs of Louisiana’s Medicaid program. The IV&V Contractor will verify the DHH chosen solution meets business and technical requirements in order to obtain CMS Certification for the chosen MMIS Replacement.
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Making Medicaid Better Newsletter 7.15.2011
Making Medicaid Better Newsletter 7.15.2011
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DHH advises residents of public health risk posed by area coyotes