Bill Cassidy’s office in Metairie, Louisiana, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The group demonstrated in hopes of persuading Sen.

Before Louisiana expanded Medicaid in 2016, DePaul Community Health Centers served about 20,000 patients, regardless of their ...

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 White House on Thursday said President Trump underwent medical testing due to “mild swelling” in his legs, unveiling a ...

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 ...

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 ...

B ATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — With federal lawmakers weighing cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, health care leaders in Louisiana are sounding the alarm, warning that reductions in funding ...

Louisiana health officials launch new initiatives for Medicaid, maternal overdose crisis by: Da'Shawn Johnson , Trinity Velazquez , Allison Bruhl , Michael Scheidt Posted: Apr 21, 2025 / 04:06 PM CDT ...

The state health department has created a “Fighting Fraud, Waste and Abuse” task force to detect wrongdoing within Medicaid, Undersecretary Drew Maranto said.

Louisiana lawmakers are advancing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage for partial hospitalization services for mental health patients. To reduce costs, the bill was amended to remove coverage for ...