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Of the $16.4 billion annual Medicaid costs for Louisiana, state taxpayers kick in about $3 billion, according to the ...
The Louisiana Department of Health launched a new Medicaid enrollment and eligibility system on Wednesday (Nov. 14), allowing residents to submit an online application and be notified about their ...
In July 2016, Louisiana had about 1.45 million residents enrolled in its Medicaid program. By March 2023, that number jumped more than 41% to nearly 2.05 million beneficiaries.
Photo caption: Chenita LeBlanc, a program manager with DePaul Community Health Centers, holds a flyer for Louisiana Medicaid members on May 27. Photo courtesy Michelle Liu/Verite. In a repurposed ...
The Medicaid program that covers nearly 1.7 million Louisiana residents has faced increased scrutiny in recent years since Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, agreed to expand Medicaid through ...
The details of what Louisiana is crafting — and how many low-income people in Louisiana's $12.5 billion Medicaid program it ... Critics of Medicaid work requirements say they can penalize ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted approval for Louisiana Medicaid to launch Act 421 Children’s Medicaid Option, or TEFRA, effective January 1, 2022. This program ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana will expand its Medicaid program in January to provide coverage to more children with developmental disabilities whose parents made too much money to qualify ...
Louisiana is developing a proposal to impose work requirements on certain adult Medicaid recipients, as the Trump administration announced it will allow states to enact such provisions. Gov.