Getty Images On his first day on the job Monday, Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced the launch of two initiatives – one to target Medicaid fraud and another to reduce ...

Tanya Lynn Johnson, 37, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was arrested for defrauding Louisiana's Medicaid program of over $168,000 ...

Louisiana has shed over 160,000 people from its Medicaid rolls since federal protections keeping the insurance intact during the pandemic ended in April, according to state data. Of those, at least 53 ...

Louisiana's Medicaid population has been using emergency rooms more frequently for health care, far surpassing the 2012 rate for the higher-cost medical services. But those recently enrolled under ...

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 allows ...

Louisiana officials are gearing up to verify that the state’s two million residents enrolled in Medicaid are still qualified to receive benefits as pandemic protections expire. Experts fear the ...

Louisiana’s reliance on federal funds for half of the state budget leaves it vulnerable as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders push for substantial cuts in federal spending. Federal funds ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)— The federal government will begin checking the eligibility of people who receive Medicaid and millions of people nationwide could lose coverage. The state department of health is ...

The diagnoses for Hailey Bowen’s 12-year-old son came one after another. First, it was severe ADHD. Then autism. Related challenges followed, including difficulties with mood regulation and anxiety.

Louisiana has shed over 160,000 people from its Medicaid rolls since federal protections keeping the insurance intact during the pandemic ended in April, according to state data. Of those, at least 53 ...

Louisiana's 2 million Medicaid recipients will receive pink letters this week as the first warning of a nationwide Medicaid purge that could cause as many as 350,000 Louisianans to lose their health ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Medicaid in Louisiana, one of the state’s largest expenses, provides healthcare for more than 1.6 million people. Typically, when a beneficiary dies, they are removed from ...