Healthcare

The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said this morning, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths.

The Matherne family has sold a tract of land along Siegen Lane to a group operating a specialized therapy clinic on the property. 

An LSU chemical engineering professor has received $2 million in funding from a National...

The Louisiana Department of Insurance should not approve the pending sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to Elevance Health before closely examining the Indiana-based company’s track record in other states, Louisiana Hospital Association President and CEO Paul Salles says. 

The Louisiana Department of Health issued about $112.6 million in Medicaid payments on behalf...

A public hearing to discuss the possible sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to an out-of-state for-profit company has been pushed back from next week to October amid public criticism.

A Mid City CVS pharmacy on Government Street is set to shut down in...

Pennington Biomedical Research Center is in talks with a firm based in Belgium that is considering establishing a small domestic presence at the center, Executive Director John Kirwan says. 

The CEO of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, parent company of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and the OLOL children’s hospital, plans to retire next June, the system announced today. 

A Pennington Biomedical Research Center scientist has received a $3.7 million federal grant to look into whether changes in eating habits can benefit people who don’t get enough sleep.