With federal lawmakers weighing cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, health care leaders in Louisiana are sounding the alarm, ...

Louisiana lawmakers are advancing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage for partial hospitalization services for mental health patients. To reduce costs, the bill was amended to remove coverage for ...

As the “big, beautiful bill” teeters towards passage in the Senate, every major health system in Louisiana sent a letter ...

BATON ROUGE — A proposal to expand Louisiana’s Medicaid coverage for mental health to include partial hospitalization services is moving forward in the Legislature, but only after lawmakers ...

According to data from Georgetown University, Louisiana Medicaid coverage rates in 2023 varied from 22.3% to 47.2% for all age groups. ... age and services.

(The Center Square) − The Louisiana Department of Health covered $103 million in ineligible Medicaid costs according to a newly-released audit report.. An audit by the Louisiana Legislative ...

Louisiana ranks second in Medicaid enrollment, at nearly 32% — a reflection of the state's high poverty rate. As Republicans weigh cuts, their actions could have dramatic consequences for their ...

As of now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved waivers in 11 states, with 15 more applications pending. In the Gulf South, Louisiana is the only state to have submitted ...

BATON ROUGE — A proposal to expand Louisiana’s Medicaid coverage for mental health to include partial hospitalization services is moving forward in the Legislature, but only after lawmakers ...