The horror stories will continue at the State Capitol, as representatives from the Louisiana Hospital Association, the Metropolitan Hospital Council of New Orleans, Acadian Ambulance and the Louisiana Ambulance Alliance meet in Senate Committee Room C at 11 a.m. Thursday to describe in graphic detail the negative impact on jobs and services that heavy budget cuts to Louisiana’s health care sector would entail. Speakers will include John Matessino, LHA’s president and CEO; Paul Salles, CEO of the MHCNO; and Dionne Viator, senior vice president and CFO of Baton Rouge General Medical Center. The state is facing $400 million in cuts to health care, with more than $200 million of those cuts affecting hospitals specifically.—Steve Clark
Health care industry reps to educate legislators
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