The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) and the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (LaPQC) are announcing 35 birthing hospitals that have achieved the 2025 Louisiana Birth Ready or Birth Ready+ Designation. This recognition is awarded to hospitals that have committed to quality improvement practices aimed at improving birth outcomes for mothers in Louisiana.
Thibodaux Regional Health System announced the addition of Sharis Steib, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist (physiatrist)/pain management specialist, to the active medical staff. Steib is available to care for patients at Thibodaux Regional Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic, located at 726 North Acadia Rd., Suite 1700, Thibodaux, and Thibodaux Regional Pain Clinic, 726 North Acadia Road, Suite 2400, Thibodaux.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) unveiled the new Central Louisiana State Hospital (CLSH) in Pineville with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The state-of-the-art facility provides care for up to 116 patients with severe and persistent mental illnesses, with a focus on rehabilitation and preparing patients for success. Long in the making, the $33 million renovation and relocation project marks a new chapter for the historic state hospital.
By: Jennifer Shutt – Published in Louisiana Illuminator on March 6, 2025
530,000 in Louisiana could be without government-provided health insurance
WASHINGTON — A report released by Democrats details how many people in each state would lose access to Medicaid if Republicans in Congress were to cut the program by one-third — a scenario some GOP lawmakers have floated as an option to help pay for tax cuts, though one so sweeping it would struggle to get the votes needed to become law.
DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) is accepting applications for its Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program, which begins the first week in September 2025 and run through the end of August 2026. Five residency slots are available for this cohort. The application process will close once all positions are filled.
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