October 23, 2023

LCMC Health Urgent Care is seeing patients at its new urgent care clinic in Chalmette. 

The new urgent care is located at 8100 W. Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette, right across from the Walmart Supercenter.

LCMC Health Urgent Care treats patients three months of age and older for a variety of minor illnesses and injuries.

Other services offered at LCMC Health Urgent Care include rapid COVID-19 testing and occupational health services for workplace injuries, DOT/Non-DOT physicals, blood analysis, return-to-work exams, and drug testing.

October 23, 2023

Terrebonne General Health System announced the Terrebonne General Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Clinic is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s Wound Center of Excellence Award. Recipients of this award meet or exceed national wound care quality benchmarks over a set period of time.

October 17, 2023

Children’s Hospital New Orleans is the only children’s hospital in Louisiana and the Gulf South to be ranked among the World’s Best Specialized Hospitals for Pediatrics by Newsweek for the third year in a row. The ranking program features the top 200 hospitals for pediatrics worldwide, and Children’s Hospital New Orleans ranked #60 in the world, and #32 in the United States for the 2024 rankings, which were published last month.

October 17, 2023

Louisiana State Medical Society expressed “concerns” related to the Elevance Health acquisition of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana.

October 17, 2023

Thibodaux Regional Health System announced the addition of Caroline Carroll, MD, pain management specialist, to the active medical staff. Carroll is available to care for patients at Thibodaux Regional Pain Clinic located at 726 North Acadia Road, Suite 2400, Thibodaux, (985) 493-4080.