After more than 20 years with LAMMICO, Thomas H. Grimstad, MD, has announced his retirement as LAMMICO president and CEO, effective March 1, 2019.
The board of directors has elected LAMMICO’s current board chairman, J. Michael Conerly, MD, to succeed Dr. Grimstad as president and CEO.
SmileDirectClub opened their Baton Rouge brick-and-mortar SmileShop location at 2834 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd. SmileDirectClub has a digital network of more than 200 affiliated licensed dentists and orthodontists overseeing customer treatment plans, from impressions made with at-home kits or from a digital scan at one of 70 SmileShops across the United States.
A pilot study conducted at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center shows that eating all of your meals by mid-afternoon and fasting the rest of the day improves blood sugar control, blood pressure, and oxidative stress, even when people don’t change what they eat.
Pointe Coupee Hospice has been named a 2018 Hospice Honors recipient by HEALTHCAREfirst, a provider of web-based home health and hospice software, billing, and coding services, CAHPS surveys, and advanced analytics. Hospice Honors is a prestigious program that recognizes hospices providing the highest level of quality as measured from the caregiver’s point of view.
Thirty-five licensed mental health professionals (LMHPs) across the state have been awarded an invitation to participate in the 2018-2019 Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Learning Collaborative. CPP is a trauma-informed, evidence-based, and relationship-based therapeutic treatment for children ages birth-6 who have early trauma history and/or are experiencing emotional, behavioral, attachment, and/or mental health problems.
