Healthcare

Hospitals, medical practices, health systems, and the business of healthcare across the Capital Region.

Metro Council appears poised to place mental health center tax on October ballot

Metro Council members are resurrecting a recently-defeated property tax that would fund a mental...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Jolee Bollinger, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System

(Photo by Don Kadair) Name: Jolee Hancock Bollinger Position: General counsel and corporate integrity officer, Franciscan...

Bridge Center board lays off executive director, awaits mayor’s decision on fall ballot tax proposal

Officials hoping to create a mental health diversion center in Baton Rouge have to...

A look at Our Lady of the Lake’s massive food operations

(Photo by Don Kadair) Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is a hospital...

Mental health programs for employees are becoming commonplace in the industrial workplace

For an industrial contractor like Turner Industries, safety is paramount. But ensuring safety takes...

Louisiana is using a new federal grant to boost ‘earn while you learn’ opportunities in hopes of curbing health care workforce shortages

Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Ava Dejoie says financial incentives, such as those provided...

LSU names interim executive director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center

A world-renowned obesity researcher and professor emerita at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical  Research Center has...

Cassidy to introduce his ACA replacement plan next week

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has received his “marching orders” from President-elect Donald Trump: Replace...

Bridge Center board to meet, come up with Plan B

One month after voters in East Baton Rouge Parish rejected a proposed property tax...

Two key relief agencies, the Salvation Army and the Food Bank, must raise millions to repair flood damage

The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is working to raise between $7 million and...
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