In partnership with Acadian Health, the Louisiana Department of Health’s Medicaid program announces an emergency room (ER) utilization reduction pilot program launching this month across the 12 parishes comprising Region 4 (Acadiana) and Region 5 (Southwest Louisiana). The six-month program minimizes unnecessary ambulance calls and ER visits while ensuring access and quality care for the state’s most vulnerable health population.
February 11, 2025
In the interest of ensuring public health and safety, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has closed a molluscan shellfish harvesting area in Area 3 and ordered a recall of all oysters harvested from that area since January 10, 2025. This includes shucked, frozen, breaded, post-harvest processed and oysters for the half-shell market due to norovirus-like illnesses reported after oysters were consumed from Area 3.
Area 3 is located east of Lake Borgne, north of Eloi Bay, and includes Chandeleur Islands and surrounding marshes.
February 4, 2025
By Dianne Marie Normand Hartley Editor, Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge & Healthcare Journal of New Orleans
On February 4, 2025, Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) cast a pivotal vote to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
February 3, 2025
Ochsner Health is the Official Medical Provider of the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee, led by the New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, for Super Bowl LIX. Over the past year, Ochsner has worked closely with the host committee and its partners to engage the local community and to ensure fans from across the country and world will have access to the highest quality medical care while in New Orleans.
February 3, 2025
Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the World Health Organization estimates it could surpass cancer and heart disease as the leading cause of death as more bacteria develop defenses to the drugs designed to combat them.
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