Louisiana news and information

The first three LSU hospital privatization deals appear to use up 94% of the funding Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration set aside for eight such arrangements, budget analysts told senators.
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Apparently the word is out. The discerning expectant Canada goose won't hatch her goslings just anywhere anymore. Only the hospital will do. Seems two facilities have had parts of their employee parking lots turned into fowl maternity wards this spring.
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Deano Thornton, CEO of Winn Community Health Center, a federally qualified healthcare center in the small city of Winnfield, La., knew the clinic would need the most up-to-date tools for reaching out to his underserved community and coordinating with the other community health clinics across the...
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Louisiana is almost entirely rural with just 27% of its people living outside major metropolitan areas. But no state faced greater challenges in bringing electronic health records to its rural areas in the past decade.
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The Louisiana Senate has overwhelmingly agreed to a new abortion restriction that would require doctors to be present when the abortion pill is administered.
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Nearly a year after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared that his state wouldn't tap into billions of federal dollars to expand Louisiana's Medicaid program, lawmakers will take their first vote on whether to challenge his stance.
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On Wednesday, the Louisiana state Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a bill that would prohibit the use of telemedicine for abortion care. The bill now goes before the Senate.
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's health secretary and close ally, Bruce Greenstein, is resigning amid ongoing state and federal investigations into the awarding of a Medicaid contract to a company where Greenstein once worked, officials said Friday.
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BATON ROUGE, La.—Plans to privatize most of Louisiana State University's public hospitals means borrowing for repairs and construction of the health facilities will be taxable. That borrowing will cost the state more. The Louisiana State Bond Commission learned that bonds issued for...
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The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a compounding pharmacy is recalling dozens of lots of the Roche drug Avastin after receiving reports of eye infections among patients.
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