Louisiana Healthcare Connections, a Bayou Health network for the state’s Medicaid population, received notification of an investigation of stolen health information. The Louisiana Attorney ...

The state ranked 49th in health outcomes when the program went into effect in 2019 and has since slipped to 50th. Federal and state Medicaid funding in Louisiana was nearly $15 billion in 2024.

The Louisiana Department of Health has partnered with vendor MAXIMUS to streamline Medicaid enrollment, creating the Healthy Louisiana app. Eligible residents can use the app to compare health ...

Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Brings Insurance To Many New Orleans Musicians : Shots - Health News The state this week became the 31st in the nation to expand Medicaid to the working poor. It's ...

The Louisiana Department of Health failed to properly oversee some $2.4 billion in Medicaid spending aimed at improving the health of the state’s neediest patients, according to a new report ...

Louisiana’s push to expand Medicaid coverage to more uninsured people this summer presents “the major opportunity of this generation,” the head of the state’s health department said Wednesday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Health is warning the public to watch out for scams as Medicaid renewals restart. The below information was released by Louisiana health ...

From now until April 2019, Medicare is mailing new cards to the more than 60 million Americans with Medicare. The 843,951 Louisiana residents with Medicare will begin receiving their cards this week.

medicaid.jpg. Health clinic community leaders on Friday held news conferences around the state to urge Louisiana lawmakers to pass insurance expansion for low-income families.

Louisiana's multibillion-dollar Medicaid contracts have been scrapped after the state's chief procurement officer determined the health department mishandled the bid process for deals to provide ...

In fiscal year 2018, Louisiana spent $7.6 billion on such contracts to cover the state's nearly 1.7 million Medicaid enrollees. Other states have recently awarded Medicaid contracts that were ...

About one in 10 Louisiana adults ages 19 to 64 buy their own health insurance on the marketplace or directly from an insurance company [1].NerdWallet crunched the numbers on 118 health insurance ...