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The Movement participating: FREE Tickets to New Orleans Black Pride NightCap

New Orleans Black Pride x Gilead Present: “Testing for Tickets” This Pride season, we’re doing something powerful. We’re teaming up with Gilead Sciences and New Orleans Black Pride to offer FREE tickets to the hottest after party in town — just for getting services from The Movement! Here’s how it works: ✅ Stop by CrescentCare during the hours below and inquire…

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Medicaid work requirement could mean loss of coverage for more than 100,000 in Louisiana

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Community mental health clinics can help solve our crisis. Here’s how.

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HIV Testing and Outreach Falter as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep the South

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Jeff Klein, a composer, and percussionist, is pictured at his home in New Orleans on Friday, March 28, 2025. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune)

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…

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A Look Inside CrescentCare’s New Mid-City Home

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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…

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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)…

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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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Research backs innovative approach to reducing MH waitlists, no-shows