Louisiana news and information

Home health giant Amedisys has hired The Braff Group to help the Baton Rouge, La., firm shed about 35 care centers.
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is moving so quickly to privatize the LSU-run hospitals that deals are being approved with significant financing pieces still uncertain, raising questions about whether the contracts are the best available for the state.
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A bill banning a practice known as "telemedicine abortions," where a doctor can remotely authorize abortion-inducing drugs, breezed through the Louisiana House Wednesday. The bill would prohibit doctors from using an Internet webcam service, such as Skype, to authorize the administration of...
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The LSU Board of Supervisors approved contracts to privatize four more of the Louisiana university system's public hospitals, even though the agreements were missing key financing details pertaining to the lease arrangements.
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When finished, the $1.2 billion University Medical Center will be an integral part of the BioDistrict New Orleans, which seeks to be a bioscience hub built around research conducted at Louisiana State, Tulane and Xavier universities. But with its extensive use of computerized building information...
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As many state legislative sessions have finished or are nearing completion, advocates of expanding Medicaid eligibility are looking at their next steps.
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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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