Healthcare

Baton Rouge hospitals are embracing artificial intelligence to both enhance patient care and improve efficiency.

Pennington Biomedical’s groundbreaking Metamor Institute is not only changing the model for treating obesity but is also a research and economic engine.

With the official end of the COVID-19 health emergency, Louisiana is expected to begin dropping hundreds of thousands of people from Medicaid rolls later this year. 

Why Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana officials believe the proposed sale to Elevance Health is necessary to remain competitive.

Why Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana officials believe the proposed sale to Elevance Health is necessary to remain competitive.

Food services vendor Morrison Healthcare is laying off 195 employees at its Our Lady of the Lake hospitals in Baton Rouge and Ascension Parish.

The person placed in charge of the Louisiana Department of Health just as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking root will leave her post later this week. Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday that Courtney Phillips will resign Thursday,

The U.S. is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather, and Louisiana is among the hardest hit in the country, which is part of why the state is in the middle of a housing insurance crisis.

The financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on—and millions more young people...

News that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana had made a deal to be acquired by Elevance Health may have been surprising, but not necessarily shocking for area insurance professionals.