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With more than 4,000 teams registered, Lighten Up Louisiana is fast becoming the most successful program in the country to challenge people to lose weight and become more physically active. According to Rudy Macklin, director of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and Lighten Up coordinator, Louisiana has more teams signed up than other states that have similar programs.
The Region 3 Health Care Consortium Organizational Meeting will be held August 24, 2004 at 6:00 pm at the South Central Planning & Development Office located at 5058 W. Main Street, Houma, LA (in the DOTD Sub-District Bldg. approximately 2 to 2 1/2 miles south of US 90). The meeting is open to the public.
Senator Lydia Jackson today announced the membership of the Region 7 Health Care Consortium in Northwest Louisiana. Of the more than 100 applicants, 55 people were chosen to serve. The consortium membership consists of health care providers (hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, pharmacies, clinics, etc.), local government, business leaders, civic groups, faith-based organizations and medical educators. Members were elected by majority vote of the regional legislative delegation.
Baton Rouge - Dr. Roxane Townsend has been named Medicaid Medical Director for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
Dr. Roxane Townsend has been named Medicaid Medical Director for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
Baton Rouge --- As the ongoing process to reform health care in Louisiana gets underway, citizens will have the chance to offer solutions for their regional health care needs. The Department of Health and Hospitals is working with Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and the Legislature’s delegation to form regional consortia.
Baton Rouge --- Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is looking for citizens interested in joining regional health care consortiums to provide input as part of the ongoing effort to reform health care in Louisiana.
Baton Rouge— The organization’s State Health Rankings Report ranks Louisiana at 49, up one from last year’s ranking. The report ranks state health based on nine risk factors and eight outcomes, measured from indicators compiled by federal agencies.
Gov. Mike Foster announced today that Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary David W. Hood was selected the winner of the 2004 Nathan Davis Award for career public service. The national award is given annually by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Baton Rouge – Poll after poll has demonstrated that citizens and voters are highly concerned about the state of health care in Louisiana. As soon as our next Governor takes office, he or she will be faced with decisions that impact more than a million citizens and have multi-million dollar consequences on the state’s budget.
The Department of Health and Hospitals awarded grants to 11 health care providers throughout the state, giving them financial assistance to enhance or expand their community-based primary and preventive care services.