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HIV Testing and Outreach Falter as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep the South
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New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic ends medical care partnership with LSU after 30 years
By STEPHANIE RIEGEL | Staff writer Mar 30, 2025 The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic and Assistance Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides medical care and support services to the city’s musicians and culture bearers, is parting ways with the LSU Health Network after more than a quarter of a century. The change is the result…
Louisiana providers brace for potential Medicaid cuts under Trump administration
Almost a third of people in Louisiana are on Medicaid. And hundreds of providers rely on federal reimbursements to operate. But funding for the program is under threat. The Trump administration—and a majority of Republican lawmakers—say they want to cut funding for Medicaid to help pay for tax cuts. Many providers and patients in Louisiana…
Louisiana Receives Federal Grant to Expand Mental Health and Substance Use Care
Louisiana is one of 15 states recently awarded a $1 million planning grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavioral Health will manage this grant to help the state develop its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) certification process, establish a Prospective Payment System (PPS)…
Louisiana families brace for potentialMedicaid cuts. ‘Incredibly difficult.’
Uncertainty is growing among Louisiana’s many families who rely on Medicaid for health insurance. The federal government is considering how to cut hundredsof billions of dollars from the budget after the House passed a resolution usheredthrough by Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican. While the resolution, aimed at extending tax cuts, does not explicitly mentionMedicaid,…
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