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Louisiana ends Healthy Blue Medicaid deal affecting 290K
1+ week, 4+ day ago (392+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana is ending its Medicaid managed care partnership with Healthy Blue, a change that will force more than 290,000 people to move to another health plan by the beginning of next year. The Louisiana Department of Health announced…...
Louisiana???s Medicaid program will lose another provider, affecting 290,000 people
1+ week, 5+ day ago (570+ words) September 9th, 2026 | 9:00 AM September 15th, 2026 | 12:00 AM October 5th, 2026 | 4:00 PM Louisiana will lose one of its five Medicaid insurance plans at the end of the year, according to information the Louisiana Department of Health provided Tuesday. The Healthy Blue plan, offered by Elevance Health…...
Louisiana extends foster caregiver medical mileage reimbursements
3+ week, 5+ day ago (133+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) will continue reimbursing foster caregivers for mileage to children's medical appointments after some reported difficulties accessing reimbursement information during a transition to Medicaid transportation services. Children…...