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Louisiana recovered more than $124 million fraudulent payments in the Medicaid program in criminal and civil penalties in the Fiscal Year 2012 according to figures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That is the highest rate of recovery in any state in the nation at nearly 2 percent of all Medicaid dollars spent in Louisiana. On average, states recover less than 0.6 percent of their respective Medicaid budgets.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is reporting seven new West Nile cases this week, bringing this year’s total number of cases to eight. At this time last year, the state had 53 cases of West Nile virus. The state may be off to a slow start this West Nile season, but health officials warn residents not to let their guard down.
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services released findings citing Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals for its exemplary Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program rates for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in fiscal year 2012. Through strategic department initiatives, DHH posted a rate well below the national average PERM rate. PERM error rates reflect both underpayments and overpayments that may have been made incorrectly.. PERM error rates are based on review of the fee-for-service (FFS), managed care and eligibility components of Medicaid and CHIP in the fiscal year under review. Two examples of errors include lack of proper documentation and providers billing the wrong number of units.
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Governor Bobby Jindal announced today that Louisiana received final federal approval for the state's public-private partnership with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, which took over operations of the former Earl K. Long Medical Center earlier this year.
This week the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) confirmed two cases of cyclospora in Louisiana, one in Bienville Parish and one in Terrebonne Parish.
Louisiana jumped four spots in the federal government’s latest breastfeeding report card, marking solid progress in the state’s support of breastfeeding, the Department of Health and Hospitals announced Thursday. Breastfeeding has been proven to improve health outcomes for women and children, including reducing the rate of childhood obesity.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is collaborating with the March of Dimes Louisiana Chapter and Nurse-Family Partnership to sponsor the 2013 Statewide Maternal and Child Health Summit, which will bring together maternal and child health advocates and policymakers to discuss ways to improve health outcomes for newborns and mothers.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has reported the state's first case of West Nile virus in a human in 2013. The case was confirmed July 22nd in Caldwell Parish and was determined to be a neuroinvasive disease.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals encourages Louisiana residents to exercise caution in swimming in natural bodies of water this summer, as one resident has died and three others have become ill from infections contracted after swimming in seawater along the Louisiana Gulf Coast.
As part of Men's Health Week, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Office of Public Health (OPH) challenges all fathers and men to embrace a healthy lifestyle that includes exercise, a healthy diet filled with fruits and vegetables and, most importantly, routine health screenings and early treatment for disease.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals celebrates National Women's Health Week, May 12-18. National Women's Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority. It also encourages women to take steps to improve their physical and mental health and lower risks of certain diseases.
Surgeons at Our Lady of the Lake's renovated Perkins Surgery Center on Tuesday performed the first surgery on a patient who would ordinarily have been treated at Earl K. Long Medical Center before its closure.