Animal experts will tell you the 4th of July is a high anxiety day for your pets because of fireworks. Connor Ferrill has tips on how to make sure your dog or cat doesn’t try to run away.
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State Police says they’ll be out in force today to make sure drivers who shouldn’t be behind the wheel are taken off the road. Louisiana State Police Spokesperson Sergeant Jared Sandifer:
US Senator John Kennedy says the Legislative Auditor’s report detailing the Department of Health’s failure to collect important payment information from companies it works with in Medicaid is an example of the state’s poor spending habits. Kennedy says the leadership at the Department of Health is failing the tax payers.
The report says LDH is not pushing Managed Care Organizations to provide data that details what expenses the Medicaid program is being charged for, data which is also used to determine how much the companies are paid by the state.
But LDH is pushing back. Undersecretary Jeff Reynolds says the department needs to do a better job collecting the information, but that the report does not say that failure has led to increased costs.