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After Charity Hospital in New Orleans closed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, community clinics filled the gap in care for the poor and uninsured.Once a…
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Dr. L. Lee Montgomery, a primary care physician at Louisiana Family Medicine in Baton Rouge, says a good doctor-patient relationship can also reduce the…
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The Senate signed off on a measure yesterday that aims to restore funding to health care.Sounds good right?The opposition, including twenty-plus-year…
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A Medicaid Expansion plan passed the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Tuesday in a 4, 3 vote. Opponents of the expansion repeated the arguments…
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Almost $83 million in cuts to healthcare programs and services went into effect Friday to shore up a mid-year deficit in the state budget. These are…
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Nearly $52 million in state cuts to Medicaid services go into effect Friday, Feb. 1. The reductions are part of the Dept. of Health and Hospitals’…
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In 2011, EQHealth Solutions created a pilot coaching program for Peoples Health Members and Nurse Case Managers at East Jefferson General Hospital. The…
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Louisiana Republicans were up in arms Thursday after the US Supreme Court's decided to uphold President Obama's Affordable Care Act.Louisiana was one of…