A state audit finds that the Louisiana Department of Health is not calculating Medicaid rates for nursing facilities accurately.. Louisiana Legislative Office Director of Performance Audits Karen LeBlanc says better procedures are needed to ensure the nursing homes are compensated accurately…
Cut 8 (09) “disallowed costs.”
Medicaid payments to the 260 private nursing home facilities in Louisiana reached one-billion-dollars last year, yet nursing home populations went up less than one-percent.
State Police is reminding holiday travelers that buzzed driving is drunk driving. Sgt. James Anderson says troopers will be out in full force under the Zero Deaths for the Holidays campaign to put an end to drunk driving.
An executive order to help in rebuilding efforts with the implementation of a uniform building code after the 2016 floods in Louisiana may be rescinded. Governor Edwards issued a year long delay to implement the code which details building code standards. The intent was to remove any bureaucratic roadblocks following the flood. However, New Orleans alone lost out on 700-million-dollars in projects due to the delay. The new rules would now into effect by the end of the year.
The gift giving season is upon us once again. Don Molino has more on what people want this year…