Louisiana lawmakers are trying a new approach to determine how much the state will spend on Medicaid services each year, as the program has ballooned to more than one-third of the state's budget and ...

Additionally, Medicaid paid the cost of 66 percent of births in Louisiana in 2016; that's about 42,000 births. Across the country, Medicaid covers about half of all births. How much does Medicaid ...

Louisiana covered $103M in Medicaid costs for ineligible recipients. Over 22,000 enrollees had out-of-state residency indicators. A new data-sharing agreement aims to save $73.8M annually. LDH now ...

Of the $16.4 billion annual Medicaid costs for Louisiana, state taxpayers kick in about $3 billion, according to the ...

The Louisiana Department of Health says the new program is estimated to cost $54 million for the first year, with $9.5 million coming from state dollars and the rest paid with federal financing.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana will spend around $400 million less on Medicaid than expected in 2019, according to new Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) projections. LDH attributes the ...

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 ...

The program has ballooned to more than one-third of the state’s budget and added hundreds of thousands of people during the pandemic.

Louisiana lawmakers are trying a new approach to determine how much the state will spend on Medicaid services each year, as the program has ballooned to more than one-third of ...