Healthcare

Children’s hospitals in Baton Rouge, New Orleans to explore partnership

Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health and Children’s Hospital New Orleans, part of the LCMC Health system, have signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore opportunities to collaborate.

Scott Wester leaving OLOL, named CEO of Florida hospital system 

Former president and CEO of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Scott Wester has been named CEO of Memorial Healthcare System in the Miami, Florida area, South Florida Business Journal reports. 

Board of Regents says efforts to improve nursing shortage not enough 

Efforts to address Louisiana’s nursing shortage are yielding some results but not at the scale needed to meet an estimated shortage of approximately 6,000 registered nurses by 2030. 

Local health insurance agency buys Goodwood office building for $1.9M

Insure Health LLC, a Baton Rouge-based health insurance agency whose subsidiary is Pride Life LLC, bought the Alpha Building on Goodwood Boulevard for $1.9 million on Tuesday.

Removing portion of Midway Connector from street plan will be heard next month

The removal of a portion of the Midway Connector, a road that would link...

AG Jeff Landry files lawsuit against UnitedHealth over Medicaid drug costs

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is suing UnitedHealth Group Inc., the state’s Medicaid administrator,...

LSU Health Shreveport students win venture challenge

Three LSU Health Shreveport students who founded Guise Medical LLC won first place in the 2022 J Terrell Brown Venture Challenge for their patented MED-pal device.

Roundup: Medical marijuana / Home sales / Disney feud

Bill advances: A House committee advanced legislation Tuesday aimed at expanding patient access to...

OLOL officials discuss future of medical institution

To say Our Lady of the Lake has had an eventful 12 months would...

OLOL moves forward

After a bumpy 12 months, OLOL officials discuss the future of the venerable Baton Rouge institution.