In Louisiana, people depend on Medicaid more than almost anywhere else in the country, with about one-third of the state ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Leaders from the Louisiana Department of Health, including new Secretary Bruce Greenstein, highlighted its priorities and new initiatives Monday afternoon.

Before Louisiana expanded Medicaid in 2016, DePaul Community Health Centers served about 20,000 patients, regardless of their ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has reported the first human case of West Nile virus this mosquito season, with the patient being hospitalized with serious complications, and is urging residents to ...

Bill Cassidy’s office in Metairie, Louisiana, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The group demonstrated in hopes of persuading Sen.

The state has counted more cases in the first four months of this year than in all of last year —164 so far compared to 153 cases in all of 2024, the Louisiana Department of Health said in a ...

The state health department has created a “Fighting Fraud, Waste and Abuse” task force to detect wrongdoing within Medicaid, Undersecretary Drew Maranto said. The agency will partner with LA DOGE, ...

Surgeon General of the Louisiana Department of Health, Dr. Ralph Abraham, speaks during a press conference, Monday, April 21, 2025, at the Louisiana Department of Health in Baton Rouge, La.

LOUISIANA — Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first measles case in Louisiana in 2025 out of the Greater New Orleans area. LDH said the patient's exposure was linked to ...

In one case, the health department paid more than $29,000 in premiums for a single beneficiary who had not received any services in Louisiana since early 2020 and had been receiving care in Texas ...

Louisiana health department officials reported the state's first confirmed case of measles in 2025 on Saturday, joining 24 other states in the worst outbreak in decades.