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• May 13, 2024

  Medicaid Eligibility Wage Checks Resume in May

  In May 2024, Louisiana Medicaid is restarting eligibility wage checks to verify that Medicaid members continue to meet income requirements. Wage checks will be conducted every three months. This is in addition to yearly renewals.

• April 08, 2024

  Louisiana Medicaid Hosting Job Fairs

• December 27, 2023

  Louisiana Medicaid awards $922,097 to universities for 13 research projects

  Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Healthcare Financing (Medicaid), announced the 2024 Public University Partnership Program (PUPP) awards to researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL), Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU), Louisiana State University-Shreveport (LSUS) and McNeese State University (MSU).

• November 27, 2023

  Medicaid offers virtual assist to members

• October 24, 2023

  Members can Update Contact Information by Text

• October 06, 2023

  Healthy Louisiana Open Enrollment begins October 15

• July 31, 2023

  Members can use their SSN to manage their online account

• July 26, 2023

  Medicaid ID cards are available on LA Wallet

• June 19, 2023

  Louisianans, Take Steps to Protect Your Identity

• May 26, 2023

  Medicaid Provider Enrollment Must be completed by June 30, 2023

• May 12, 2023

  Medicaid ends Uninsured Eligibility Group Coverage for COVID-19 testing and vaccines

• April 25, 2023

  Livingston Parish Health Unit to hold public health fair and open house April 26

  The Louisiana Department of Health's (LDH) Office of Public Health (OPH) Region 9 (Northshore) will hold an open house on April 26 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.