Landry to announce Medicaid rate increase

Hoping to improve health care access, Louisiana increases Medicaid payments to doctors

Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty ImagesLouisiana has increased the amount of money the state will pay to physicians and other health care providers treating Medicaid patients in an effort to expand health care access for low-income people.  Medicaid enrollees often struggle to find doctors willing to treat them because the government health care program pays low reimbursement rates for services. The Louisiana Department of Health announced Tuesday it ha…

Louisiana doctors will get more money to treat Medicaid patients. Here's why it matters.

Certain health care providers are now being reimbursed for services provided to Medicaid patients at 85% of the Medicare rate, an increase state lawmakers approved funding for earlier this year.

Greenstein: Louisiana Medicaid provider reimbursement rates increase

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced an increase in Medicaid provider reimbursement rates. Gov. Jeff Landry was originally scheduled to join health leaders in the announcement, but according to Greenstein, the governor is at a hospital visiting an Iberville Parish deputy who was injured in a Monday night shooting. According to Landry's office, LDH and Medicaid are credited for improving effic…

Landry to announce Medicaid rate increase

Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana Department of Health officials will announce an increase in Medicaid provider reimbursement rates

Governor Landry announces Medicaid provider rate increase for Louisiana

Governor Jeff Landry held a news conference Tuesday afternoon to announce increased reimbursement rates for Medicaid providers.He was joined by leaders from the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH).According to the governors office, the higher rates are made possible by new efficiencies and stronger program oversight within Louisianas Medicaid program, generating significant savings for the state.This adjustment represents one of the most signif…

Gov. Jeff Landry and Department of Health announce increased Medicaid reimbursements for providers

BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Department of Health announced an increase in Medicaid reimbursements for providers on Tuesday afternoon.Some officials said the increase will make doctors more available."So providing more dollars to the providers, those who are going to say yes to those most in need, then we are able to definitely impact those lives, give them an opportunity to change their living habits, get them on a correctiv…