By: Greg LaRose - August 12, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
A review of how Louisiana keeps its Medicaid rolls up to date found the state paid out benefits for more than 1,000 people over the past six years after they died. Nearly $10 million was paid to managed care organizations over that period, even though no health care services were actually provided.
Terrebonne General Health System announced that Houma Surgi-Center and Urology Clinic is now operating under a new name: Terrebonne General Urology Care. While the clinic’s name has changed, its location and staff remain unchanged.
Located at 1020 School Street in Houma, Terrebonne General Urology Care continues to provide urologic services to the community, led by Dr. Robert Alexander, Haden Lafaye, and Stephen Charbonnet.
St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Target: Survival quality achievement award for its commitment to treating in-hospital cardiac arrest.
By: Jacob Fischler - August 5, 2025 Arkansas Advocate
President Donald Trump’s freeze on $8 billion of congressionally appropriated funding to the National Institutes of Health was illegal, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday.
Orders Trump signed in the early days of his return to office and related administration directives violated the Impoundment Control Act by failing to spend money that Congress, which holds the power of the purse under the Constitution, had approved, the GAO report said.
The LSU Health Foundation announced the appointment of Rob Allen as its vice president and chief advancement officer, effective Aug. 18. Allen brings with him more than two decades of leadership in higher education advancement and fundraising. “We are thrilled to welcome Rob to the LSU Health Foundation,” said Katie Acuff, Esq., president and CEO of the Foundation.
