Getty Images On his first day on the job Monday, Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced the launch of two initiatives – one to target Medicaid fraud and another to reduce ...
Republican Gov Jeff Landry's budget proposal proposes increasing state spending on health care by $1.5 billion in the next fiscal year. (Getty Images) Gov. Jeff Landry has made public moves to cut ...
The Louisiana Department of Health is extending its Medicaid contract with UnitedHealthcare for 90 days. This extension ...
Louisiana Medicaid will begin covering doula services for eligible beneficiaries starting in January 2026. A doula is a ...
The gains in health insurance coverage Louisiana experienced after expanding Medicaid three years ago — leading to about half a million people getting coverage — made the state an exception to a ...
In the legislative session’s final hours, Louisiana lawmakers called on Congress to halt sweeping federal Medicaid cuts and instead work with states to reform the program in a measured and ...
Louisiana Medicaid enrollment declined in June for the first time in the last year, with more than 3,000 falling off the rolls since May. That decline is expected to accelerate as Louisiana begins ...
LOUISIANA (KTAL/KMSS) — Louisiana Medicaid will now cover additional services for pregnant women. House Bill 454 would require Medicaid coverage for maternity services provided by a doula, a trained ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted approval for Louisiana Medicaid to launch Act 421 Children’s Medicaid Option, or TEFRA, effective January 1, 2022. This program allows ...
Louisiana's Medicaid population has been using emergency rooms more frequently for health care, far surpassing the 2012 rate for the higher-cost medical services. But those recently enrolled under ...
Gov. Jeff Landry has made public moves to cut state government spending in recent weeks, following the lead of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency and its dramatic reductions ...