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Washington, DC – The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health & Human Services today launched its Most Wanted Fugitives List—the first-ever list of individuals sought by authorities on charges of health care fraud and abuse—to focus public attention on its most-wanted fugitives.
In December Times reporter Melody Brumble first reported this health threat that was creating a flood of phone calls to the Louisiana Poison Control Center at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. Two weeks later Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an emergency executive order that added six chemicals marketed as bath salts and plant food to the controlled drug law. Now, two weeks later, the Poison Control Center has reported a nose dive of emergency calls.
More of Louisiana’s low-income, at-risk new mothers participating in the state’s Nurse-Family Partnership Program (NFP) are choosing to breastfeed their babies.
Today, Louisiana Department of Health Hospitals Incoming Deputy Secretary Kathy Kliebert was joined by leaders from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport and CHRISTUS Health Louisiana to support the Louisiana Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program and recognize Winn Community Health Center, the first federally qualified health center (FQHC) in the nation to receive an incentive payment.
BATON ROUGE – The Department of Health and Hospitals learned late Monday that the state will have to repay $239.5 million to the federal government for overpayments the agency made to fund LSU hospitals between 1996 and 2007.
BATON ROUGE - The Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein announced today the appointment of Kathy Kliebert as deputy secretary of the department upon the departure of Anthony Keck.
Louisiana will be among the first states to offer incentive payments to Medicaid providers and hospitals for adopting, implementing or upgrading electronic health record (EHR) technology to treat patients more efficiently, reduce their administrative work and share health information securely among medical facilities.
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein today announced that acclaimed Louisiana Chef John Besh will join DHH's New Media Initiative as a guest on the Department's blog, www.myhealthla.org, for the next three months where he will be sharing healthy Louisiana-inspired recipes.
Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein today thanked the nearly 1,000 people who attended public forums held throughout the state during the past month to enhance the dialogue on Making Medicaid Better, and reiterated his commitment to reforming Louisiana Medicaid.
The Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein today reiterated the urgent need to reform Medicaid in the wake of the release of America's Health Rankings from the United Health Foundation.