DHH: Most water systems meet new disinfectant rule
About 95 percent of Louisiana's drinking water systems have the raised disinfectant levels ordered statewide after a killer amoeba was found in two systems, state health officials say.
View ArticleLa. loses appeal in Medicaid overpayment case
Louisiana's latest attempt to avoid repaying hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid overpayments dating back to the mid-1990s has been rejected by a federal appeals court
View ArticleHealth plan changes in the works for Bayou Health
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration intends to rework how it pays the private managed care networks that provide health services to two-thirds of Louisiana's Medicaid patients.
View ArticleFeds look at La. dentists for kids on Medicaid
About 5 percent of the Louisiana dentists treating children under Medicaid may be padding their numbers, overcharging, providing unnecessary treatments or even harming children, according to a federal...
View ArticleHealth leader defends criticized Medicaid report
Louisiana's health department said Wednesday that its evaluation of the state's Medicaid privatization was on target, despite criticism from the legislative auditor that it lacked key data and...
View ArticleState auditor updates behavior health report
A new state audit finds the transition to private management of state behavioral health services continues to create problems for area groups that provide care for those with mental and substance...
View ArticleBESE approves emergency Ebola policies
Facing questions and worries about Ebola, the state's top school board has approved emergency rules that give local superintendents sweeping new authority to close public schools and send students home...
View ArticleCourt settlement reached in La. Medicaid case
The state health agency has entered into a settlement in a federal lawsuit over the inadequacy of notices denying Medicaid recipients access to services.
View ArticleHealth dept. blocks abortions at Planned Parenthood clinic
Louisiana's health department is refusing to let Planned Parenthood perform abortion services at its new clinic under construction in New Orleans.
View ArticleHome care demand strains businesses
Louisiana may be facing a crisis as the population of the elderly grows and the state’s ability to care for them is already stretched to its limits.
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