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Report Gives New Estimate of Uninsured in Louisiana
A Department of Health and Hospitals report conducted by LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab is providing a new estimate of the number of uninsured residents in Louisiana.
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New Plan Successful in Increasing Immunizations across State
The Louisiana Medicaid program has made its first payments to primary care providers participating in the new CommunityCARE Immunization Pay-for-Performance Initiative. This initiative was enacted in July of last year with the goal of increasing child immunizations in the state by monetarily rewarding doctors who make sure children receive their necessary shots.
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Medicaid Eligibility in Louisiana Gets High National Grade
Poorer women and children in Louisiana are more likely to qualify for Medicaid health care coverage than if they lived in all but 10 other states. This finding was reported by Public Citizen, a national advocacy group, in a report entitled, Unsettling Scores: A Ranking of State Medicaid Programs.
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DHH Secretary to Speak at News Event with Federal Officials
On Monday, April 23, DHH Secretary Dr. Fred Cerise will be in New Orleans to help celebrate the grand opening of two new community clinics, and the expansion of two existing clinics. The clinics were made possible through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Elizabeth Duke, HRSA director, will be on hand to present the grant checks.
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National Infant Immunization Week Begins April 21
Is your child up-to-date on his or her immunizations? Did you know children must have all of their shots before entering school next fall? During the week of April 21, National Infant Immunization Week, you can get your child all the needed immunizations and save a few dollars in the meantime because the shots will be provided free-of-charge.
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News Conference to Kickoff LaCHIP Outreach Blitz
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, in partnership with Agenda for Children and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Cover the Uninsured Week campaign, will hold a news conference on April 17 at 10 a.m. to announce the beginning of a week-long effort to enroll New Orleans area children in available health coverage programs. The event will be hosted at the Children’s Defense Fund Headquarters at 1452 N. Broad St. in New Orleans, La.
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DHH Issues Warning about Hand-Washing Sign Scam
Baton Rouge – The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is issuing a warning to medical providers throughout Louisiana about a false advisory in circulation which states health care providers are required by new state and federal regulations to post hand-washing posters. The advisory claims the Louisiana Healthcare Compliance Center issued the policy that requires these posters be displayed “at all handwashing facilities.”
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CDC Announces New Treatment Guidelines for Gonorrhea
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced a change in gonorrhea treatment guidelines. According to the CDC, gonorrhea treatments should now be limited to a single class of antibiotics.
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State Health Insurance Progams Get Higher Income Limits
Baton Rouge – More Louisiana children will be eligible for the Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP) because of the annual increase in the Federal Poverty Level effective this month. This increase allows working families to earn more income and still qualify for LaCHIP, which provides no-cost health coverage for uninsured children younger than age 19.
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More New Orleans Area Health Providers Eligible for Incentives
Baton Rouge --- The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has issued changes to the eligibility requirements for the Greater New Orleans Health Service Corps. The program is designed to lure health care professionals back to the New Orleans area by providing up to $110,000 to those who agree to work in the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard for three years.
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First Responders to Learn from 9/11 Experts
Baton Rouge – Louisiana Spirit, a program through the Department of Health and Hospitals – Office of Mental Health, is hosting its Peer Professional Development training for first responder teams from around the state. The seminar will be held from Wednesday, March 28 through Friday, March 30 at the Holiday Inn South on Airline Hwy and I-12 in Baton Rouge.
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Health Department Unable to Identify Source of Livonia Illnesses
Baton Rouge – State health officials have been unable to determine the cause of the recent outbreak of a stomach illness that affected about 200 students earlier this month at Livonia High School in Pointe Coupee Parish.