Healthcare

🔒 New BRPD chief preaches importance of being proactive to deter crime

New Baton Rouge Police Department Chief TJ Morse touted the importance of being strategic...

🔒 Insurance commissioner names witnesses for Blue Cross hearing 

Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Tim Temple has selected his preliminary witness list for the department’s upcoming hearing regarding the reorganization and sale of the state’s leading health insurer. 

🔒 Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center expands into central and north Louisiana

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with MD Clinics that will enable its expansion into new regions.

🔒 Specialty surgical hospital issued permit for construction

Contractors were granted permits last week to begin construction of a new specialty surgical...

🔒 Here’s the latest on the proposed Blue Cross sale to Elevance

In a meeting with Business Report staff Friday, executives from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Elevance Health made their case for the proposed sale of the former to the latter.

🔒 Diabetes treatment infusion clinic expands to Baton Rouge

Bioactive Infusion and Wellness is expanding to the Capital Region with a clinic in the Baton Rouge Health District. 

🔒 Here are some new Louisiana laws that might affect you 

Many of the laws that take effect Jan. 1 in Louisiana appear unlikely to...

🔒 A hospital executive’s own strategy for peak performance

Edgardo Tenreiro has been at the helm of Baton Rouge General since 2017, shortly...

🔒 There’s a growing demand for local lobbyists as Louisianans gain leverage on Capitol Hill

Business is booming for Louisiana’s cadre of Capitol Hill lobbyists. As the state’s congressional...

🔒 Barclay House senior living property sells for $29M

The Sunrise at Siegen assisted living property has been sold to an Ohio-based investment group.