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Baton Rouge – Over the past week, the Department of Health and Hospitals issued checks to 31 more hospitals that cared for uninsured patients last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Earlier payments were made to East and West Jefferson hospitals.) With these latest payments, DHH met its mid-February goal of issuing extra funding to hospitals that qualified because they treated higher numbers of uninsured patients.
Baton Rouge – Over the past week, the Department of Health and Hospitals issued checks to 31 more hospitals that cared for uninsured patients last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Earlier payments were made to East and West Jefferson hospitals.) With these latest payments, DHH met its mid-February goal of issuing extra funding to hospitals that qualified because they treated higher numbers of uninsured patients.
Baton Rouge – Receiving the diagnosis of an illness can be a confusing time for anyone. Will I be able to handle the treatment? How will I balance my care with the needs of my family? How will this affect my job? Who will help me figure all this out?
Baton Rouge – The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are investigating an outbreak of an illness caused by Salmonella.
Lake Charles, La. – The next meeting of the Region 5 Health Care Redesign Committee has been scheduled for:
NEW ORLEANS (February 6, 2007) – The results of the first post-Hurricane Rita household surveys of Calcasieu, Cameron and Vermilion Parishes have been released. Calcasieu Parish has an estimated population of 189,768 residents, up from 179,030 residents in the 2000 U.S. Census, while Cameron has an estimated population of 7,403, down from 9,991 in the 2000 Census. Vermilion Parish has an estimated population of 58,114, up from 53,040 in the 2000 Census.
January 12, New Orleans, LA – The estimated current population for St. Tammany is 220,656 residents, according to the first post-Katrina household survey of the area. This represents an increase of 31,734 people since the 2000 U.S. Census, which measured the area’s population at 188,922.
New Orleans – As part of the state’s initiative to prepare for an influenza pandemic, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health has scheduled a training exercise to help the parishes in New Orleans and the surrounding areas of the state prepare to respond for a future influenza pandemic. The parishes included in the training include Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard.
Lafayette – The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health has scheduled a regional training exercise to help the parishes in the Acadiana region of the state prepare to respond for a future influenza outbreak. These parishes include Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermillion.
Baton Rouge – As part of the state’s initiative to prepare for an influenza pandemic, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health has scheduled a training exercise to help the parishes in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas prepare to respond for a future influenza pandemic. These parishes include Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
The Department of Health and Hospitals today announced a new plan to help ensure more children in Louisiana are properly immunized.
Baton Rouge – The Department of Health and Hospitals today announced a new plan to help ensure more children in Louisiana are properly immunized.