Louisiana Health Insurance:
Louisiana Health Insurance. News about affordable health insurance in Louisiana. Family, individual, small business and group health insurance updates and coverage from Louisiana.
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Apr 1st, 2009
Louisiana is one of eight states, from a pool of 28 total applicants, that will receive funding and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to increase enrollment of eligible children in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program – called LaCHIP in Louisiana – and keep kids enrolled as long as they are eligible.
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Dec 16th, 2008
A national medical specialty organization says Louisiana’s health care system is well prepared for disasters, but in poor shape for its public preventive health care, access to emergency care and health quality.
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Dec 9th, 2008
Louisiana Medicaid spending soon will outpace education, law enforcement, infrastructure and other state budget items if growth of the program is not contained.
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Nov 27th, 2008
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine is seeking further guidance from lawmakers on how to restructure the state's Medicaid program.
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Nov 24th, 2008
Louisiana Governor recently announced a major renovation of the way his state provides health coverage to the poor and uninsured, thus taking up a topic for which most Republicans require a shot of epinephrine just to pay attention.
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Nov 18th, 2008
Louisiana Governor announced details of the Louisiana Health First initiative, a pilot program aimed at restructuring the state's Medicaid program by shifting thousands of low-income children and adults from the current fee-for-service model to private managed care networks.
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Nov 3rd, 2008
Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is about to unveil an overhauled Medicaid program for his state. It remains to be seen whether he is going to do it correctly and whether the federal government will support him.
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Aug 25th, 2008
The head of Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) has appointed a Medicaid Reform Committee to help guide the agency in implementing a statewide "medical home" system called for by last year's Health Care Reform Act (Louisiana Senate Bill 1).
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Jul 29th, 2008
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt last week met with Louisiana Goernor and other policymakers to discuss changes to the state's Medicaid program.
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Jul 24th, 2008
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Secretary Alan Levine announced the appointment of a Medicaid Reform Committee that will help guide the agency in creating a reformed, patient-centered Medicaid system in the state of Louisiana.