Results for provider policy

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  Veterinary Resources

  Veterinary infection control, rabies controls, and zoonotic diseases

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  Louisiana Immunization Laws/Rules

  Information on Louisiana's immunization related laws and rules

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  Louisiana Department of Health leadership announces key initiatives - April 21, 2025

  These priorities were established to create focus and address overarching problems that have prevented Louisianans from achieving better health and independence.

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  Medicaid Managed Care Policies & Procedures Archive (2019)

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  Long-Term Care

  Long-term services are delivered in institutional and home and community-based settings.

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  Abortion

  "Abortion" or "induced abortion" means the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child. Such use, prescription, or means is not an abortion if done with the intent to: Remove a dead unborn child caused by or induce delivery of the uterine contents in case of a positive diagnosis, certified in writing in the woman's medical record along with the results of an obstetric ultrasound test, that the pregnancy has ended or is in the unavoidable and untreatable process of ending due to spontaneous miscarriage, also known in medical terminology as spontaneous abortion, missed abortion, or inevitable abortion, incomplete abortion, or septic abortion.

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  LDH launches Project M.O.M.'s inaugural catalyst site hospitals - February 12, 2026

  LDH is proud to partner with 11 hospitals across the state to improve outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder and their babies

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  Family Independence Temporary Assistance (FITAP)

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  The Louisiana Doula Registry Board

  Created by Act 182, the Louisiana Doula Registry Board consists of 15 voting members and 16 non-voting members positions. The board serves as a commission under the Louisiana Department of Health for the purpose of creating a registry for doulas seeking health insurance reimbursement to promote safe and equitable care for every mother and every birth in this state.

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  Medicaid State Plan Amendments 2021

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  EMS Credentialing

  The Bureau of EMS licenses individuals who meet the license requirements as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT), or Paramedic.

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  Jump Start Your Heart Act 234

  The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, and Bureau of EMS has the authority to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to implement and assure compliance to R.S. 40:1137.3 S.B.12 ACT 234 relative to (AED) automated external defibrillator (AEDs) are required on the premises of each post-secondary institution and each elementary, middle, and high school and at certain sponsored/host athletic events.

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  Louisiana Operator Certification Program

  Welcome to the Operator Certification website. Here you will find current information related to this program.

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  What healthcare professionals need to know about lead

  Here you'll find information on care coordination, case management, clinical guidelines for testing, and further help in regard to the complex resource system for patient support and services following a positive lead test.

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  Rare Disease Advisory Council Report, SFY 2023

  The Louisiana Rare Disease Advisory Council (LA RDAC) is a statutorily mandated advisory group that is charged with serving in a resource capacity to any public and private agency located in this state that provides services for a person who has been diagnosed with a rare disease. The LA RDAC is administered through the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH or the Department) Office of Public Health (OPH) Bureau of Family Health (BFH), which provides staff support and policy expertise to assist the group with carrying out its charge.

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  Louisiana State Child Death Review Panel

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  Medicaid Advisory Committee

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  Louisiana Environmental Public Health Tracking

  Environmental Public Health Tracking provides data and information on health outcomes, the environment, population, and exposures.

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  Frequently Asked Questions

  Frequently asked questions about lead poisoning.

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  Medicaid State Plan Amendments 2013