Healthcare

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

Mary Bird Perkins transitioning to new CEO with Todd Stevens stepping away

Longtime Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center CEO Todd Stevens will step down to be replaced by the current COO in January, officials announced today. 

Roundup: OLOL donation / Louisiana air pollution / FTC investigation  

Children’s health: Our Lady of the Lake Foundation recently received a $150,000 contribution from...

Louisiana nursing home owners push back on proposed regulations

Nursing home owners are pushing back on proposed changes to state regulations governing their emergency operations.

What will change when LSU’s student clinic transitions to OLOL management? 

Following the announcement that Our Lady of the Lake will assume management of LSU’s...

Essay: Connection-driven research

The Baton Rouge Health District and the New Orleans BioInnovation Center partnership could make the region a national leader in health sciences.

Mary Bird Perkins receives grant aimed at advancing equity in cancer care

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is one of seven cancer center treatment centers chosen to take part in the Merck Foundation’s new $20 million Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care program.

Coronavirus has cost US labor force half a million workers 

Illness caused by COVID-19 shrank the U.S. labor force by around 500,000 people, a...

LSU study finds football players recover quickly from COVID 

A  study conducted in collaboration with LSU’s kinesiology and athletics departments, Pennington Biomedical Research...

Employers reluctant to pass rising health care costs onto workers 

Employers are gearing up for health care costs to climb ever higher in 2023 and many will find themselves stuck with the bill, Inc. reports.

Companies quietly rolling back vaccine mandates 

Some large U.S. companies are rolling back mandates for employee COVID-19 vaccination, but few...
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