By:Julie O'Donoghue Dec. 9, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration is abruptly ending contracts with two of the six companies that provide Medicaid insurance in Louisiana, a move that could leave 488,500 residents uncertain of what health care they will have starting Jan. 1.
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University celebrates more than 130 Fall 2025 graduates with a series of pinning and awards ceremonies beginning Dec. 11 and continuing through Saturday, Dec. 13.
Pinning and awards ceremonies will take place in St. Francis Hall on the following schedule:
· School of Nursing: Dec. 11, at 10:30 a.m.
· School of Health Professions: Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m.
· School of Arts and Sciences: Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m.
· Doctor of Nurse Practice, Nurse Anesthesia Program: Dec. 12, at 10 a.m.
Louisiana Healthcare Connections is expanding its meal delivery services to improve the health outcomes of women with high-risk pregnancies who face food insecurity. This new offering builds on the health plan’s existing meal benefit, which provides nutritious, medically tailored meals to members recovering after a hospital stay.
The post-discharge component of the benefit remains available to all eligible members and includes:
· Two meals per day for seven days following hospital discharge
By: Julie O'Donoghue November 25, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana lawmakers signed off last week on one-year extensions to the state’s six biggest government contracts, collectively worth more than $17 billion. The agreements are with the six health care companies that manage health insurance for Louisiana Medicaid recipients.
Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation are two conditions that share a potentially deadly link. Having one increases the odds of developing the other, and together, the breathing difficulties of sleep apnea combined with the irregular heartbeat of atrial fibrillation (AFib) can result in life-threatening cardiovascular risks.
The standard treatment for AFib is catheter ablation, a procedure in which doctors create scars within the heart to stop the electrical impulses that cause irregular heart rhythms.
