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29 May 2010, 8:15 am by by PritzkerLaw
David Holcombe, medical director for Region 6 of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals' Office of Public Health, told TheTownTalk.com that an epidemiological study implicated chicken salad as the agent. [read post]
7 Nov 2012, 9:47 pm by David Harlow
This morning I am in Baton Rouge, at the Louisiana Hospital Association conference center, sharing my perspectives on ACOs and the broad range of innovation in health care delivery and financing being ushered in under the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 4:25 pm by Reproductive Rights
Jezebel: Louisiana Abortion 'Emergency Rule' Fight Ends For Now, by Hillary Crosley: Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals have dropped the “emergency” abortion regulations which threatened to close clinics statewide. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
David Holcombe, medical director for Region 6 of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals' Office of Public Health, announced that chicken salad served at the Central Louisiana State Hospital was the likely source of a Clostridium perfringens outbreak among patients and staff at the hospital in early May. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 2:55 am by by PritzkerLaw
 The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals today reopened Area 29 to oyster harvesting after it had been shut down over concerns that the oysters caused a Norovirus outbreak in North Carolina last month. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 6:36 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
On December 14, 2012, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced elimination of Medicaid hospice care through June 30, 2014. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 12:20 pm
Seventy-one cases of oil spill-related illnesses have been reported to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to date, according to a report released today. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:30 pm by Jon L. Gelman
Louisiana DHH Releases Oil Spill-Related Exposure Information 162 Exposure-Related Cases; Officials Continue to Monitor Health ImpactsOne hundred and sixty-two cases of oil spill exposure-related cases have been reported to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to date, according to its fourth surveillance report released today. [read post]
20 Oct 2017, 1:20 pm by Bill Marler
As of Thursday, 49 cases of a gastrointestinal illness were confirmed with 31 people hospitalized, the Department of Health reported. [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 12:18 pm by Steven Boutwell
By: Jennifer Jones Thomas On April 20, 2020, the Louisiana Department of Health (“LDH”) Office of Public Health issued Healthcare Facility Notice/Order Notice #2020-COVID 19-ALL-10 (“Notice-10”) which supersedes prior notices and lifts some of the restrictions on medical, surgical and dental procedures as well as other healthcare services beginning on April 27, 2020. [read post]
2 Oct 2011, 6:37 pm
A spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals confirmed someone died from tainted cantaloupe, but would not say for sure if it was Mrs. [read post]
9 May 2010, 8:30 pm by Bill Marler
A health official says food poisoning perhaps from an ingredient in chicken salad could be what killed three Louisiana mental health hospital patients and sickened 40 others. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 11:13 am by Steven Boutwell
Thomas In the wake of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA), which was enacted by Congress on May 20, 2009 and expands the federal False Claims Act, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (“DHH”) announced on October 29, 2009, a new fraud initiative against agencies who deliver in-home direct care to Medicaid beneficiaries. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 6:04 pm by Bill Marler
Reporting an Illness Epidemiologists with the Louisiana Department of Health remind people who might have eaten the jambalaya meal to call (800) 256-2748. [read post]
18 Aug 2012, 9:38 am by Julia Zebley
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [opinion, PDF] Louisiana's Act 490, which allows the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) [official website] to revoke an abortion clinic's license immediately after a regulation violation, rather than allowing the abortion clinic time to comply with the regulation. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 1:01 pm by Ben Vernia
On June 5, the Department of Justice announced that Shreveport, Louisiana-based Allegiance Health Management, Inc., and its affiliated hospitals have agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle allegations, originally brought by a whistleblower, that the company submitted false claims to Medicare. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 11:04 am by Charles Gallmeyer
This presents the following issue: Whether the Fifth Circuit’s decision upholding Louisiana’s law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital conflicts with this Court’s binding precedent in Whole Woman’s Health. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 7:02 pm by PritzkerLaw
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is still investigating the Listeria-linked death last weekend from Baton Rouge to determine whether the strain of Listeria she had could be connected to recalled cantaloupe. [read post]