Hospitals face fewer dollars for uninsured care
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s decision against expanding the state’s Medicaid program under the federal health law, combined with a provision that shrinks uninsured care dollars, could leave...
View ArticleCuts still looming for LSU-run hospital system
BATON ROUGE — If LSU leaders can’t find new, permanent financing sources or ways to cut annual spending for the university’s public hospital system, internal memos offer a glimpse of the implications...
View ArticleAnother LSU System health care leader replaced
BATON ROUGE — Another top leader of LSU’s health care system is being replaced, as Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration pushes the university-run network of hospitals and clinics to change its...
View ArticlePharmacists fear Medicaid changes could shut them down
BATON ROUGE — Community pharmacists said changes to Medicaid reimbursement rules don’t address their complaints that the cuts could jeopardize their ability to remain open. The state’s health...
View ArticleLouisiana won’t create its own health insurance exchange
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration sent formal notification Wednesday to federal officials that Louisiana won’t create its own health insurance market as provided by the national health...
View ArticleSen. Landrieu: Jindal an obstructionist on Medicaid
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu says Gov. Bobby Jindal's refusal to expand Louisiana's Medicaid program is tied to his presidential ambitions at the expense of benefits for his home state.
View ArticleLa. lawmaker questions legality of Jindal’s LSU hospital plan
A New Orleans lawmaker said yesterday that he's asked for the attorney general's opinion on whether Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration can move ahead with privatizing most of the LSU-run hospitals...
View ArticleReport refutes Gov. Jindal’s health care policies
A nonpartisan watchdog group is urging Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration for more analysis about expanding Louisiana's Medicaid program to cover more uninsured adults.
View ArticleLa. health secretary skips budget hearing amid investigation
Lawmakers seeking more information about the cancellation of a nearly $200 million Medicaid contract aren't getting any details for now.
View ArticleJindal health secretary resigns amid investigation
ouisiana 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...
View ArticleMedicaid contractor objects to cancellation
The company whose nearly $200 million Medicaid contract with the state has been cancelled says it didn't do anything improper to get the work, despite an ongoing federal investigation into the contract...
View ArticleLouisiana to rebid Medicaid eligibility contract
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has canceled a proposed $29 million contract for Medicaid program work, questioning the way state health agency officials handled it.
View ArticleLawsuit looming over canceled Medicaid contract
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is facing a likely lawsuit from the Maryland-based company whose nearly $200 million Medicaid contract with the state was terminated.
View ArticleMedicaid contractor sues Jindal administration
A Maryland-based company whose nearly $200 million Medicaid contract was canceled amid an ongoing federal investigation has sued Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration for terminating the deal.
View ArticleAttorney General: Grand jury planned in Medicaid contract case
Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has asked a Baton Rouge judge to block access to records requested by a company whose $200 million Medicaid contract was canceled by the state.
View ArticleGrand jury empaneled to review Medicaid contract
The Louisiana attorney general's office says a special grand jury has been selected to look into possible criminal activity involving the award of a $200 million Medicaid contract by Gov. Bobby...
View ArticleFormer DHH secretary to be deposed in lawsuit
A Baton Rouge judge has refused to delay the deposition of Gov. Bobby Jindal's one-time health secretary, in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against the Jindal administration.
View ArticleFormer DHH secretary’s deposition set
Gov. Bobby Jindal's one-time health secretary will be questioned under oath Oct. 29 in a lawsuit filed against the Jindal administration over a canceled Medicaid contract.
View ArticleJindal reworks Medicaid contract selection process
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is enlisting outside professional help and revamping the selection process to choose the next company to take over its Medicaid claims processing work, a contract...
View ArticleJudge refuses to delay CNSI lawsuit against state
A Baton Rouge judge is allowing a Maryland company to move forward with its wrongful termination lawsuit against Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration.
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