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School Water Lead Testing Program Finds No Heightened Levels of Lead in Drinking Water
“Many Louisiana communities have water systems with aging infrastructure as well as older homes. Both situations make it more likely to find lead in water due to old plumbing. When we designed this program, we fully expected to find some instance of elevated lead because we purposefully selected schools that had older pipes and plumbing. These results are extremely encouraging.”
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Health Department Offers Funding for Local Mosquito Control Efforts
Funding is now available to help local communities start new mosquito control programs. Using a one-time grant of $1 million from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Louisiana Department of Health is now offering funding to local governments to help them establish new mosquito control programs.
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Forensic Supervised Transitional Residential and Aftercare Program RFP
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS), is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide a Forensic Supervised Transitional Residential Aftercare Program.
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RFP: Adult Sheltered Care Group Homes
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS), is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide a Group Home in Region 2 for Adult Males with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness.
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Strong Support for “Subscription Model” to Eliminate Hepatitis C in Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health Releases Comments Submitted by Healthcare Providers, Payers, Pharmaceutical Companies, and Others
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RFP# 3000010642: Request For Proposal, Pharmacy Benefits Management
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HPV vaccination rate among Louisiana teens increases over national average
Louisiana’s rate of 52.9 percent is higher than the national average of 48.6 percent.
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U.S. Census Bureau: More Louisianans Than Ever Have Health Insurance
Today, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards released the following statement on new health insurance data from the U.S. Census Bureau:
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Louisiana Department of Health awards grants for the creation of parish mosquito abatement districts
The Louisiana Department of Health is awarding two $250,000 grants to establish mosquito abatement districts in St. Mary and Assumption parishes. The grants, sub-awards of a larger grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will allow these parishes to start in-house mosquito abatement districts.
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Rural Health Clinics - Reimbursement Methodology - Mammography Separate Payments LAC 50:XI.16703
Amends the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for rural health clinics in order to implement a payment methodology to allow reimbursement for mammography screening and diagnosis services outside of the prospective payment system rate.
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Outpatient Hospital Services - Non-Rural, Non-State Hospitals and Children’s Specialty Hospitals - Reimbursement Rate Increase LAC 50:V.5313, 5317, 5513, 5517, 5713, 5719, 5913, 5917, 6115 and 6119
Amends the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for outpatient hospital services in order to increase the reimbursement rates paid to non-rural, non-state hospitals and children’s specialty hospitals in compliance with House Concurrent Resolution 6 of the 2018 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.