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• Insurance fraud a multi-billion dollar industry, team works to protect members Play Video

  June 20, 2023 4:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Healthcare insurance fraud is a multi-billion dollar industry. At Blue Cross Blue Shield Louisiana there is a group of 14 people that make up the company's fraud team. That group takes calls, investigates schemes, and gets answers. Kandyce Cowart is the manager of special investigations at... more »

• Area landmarks beam blue for health care workers Thursday

  April 9, 2020 3:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Along with landmarks across the United States, local iconic buildings illuminated in a shimmer of blue lights to honor healthcare workers battling the coronavirus in hospitals, medical calls and other care facilities. Lights turned blue on buildings at 8 p.m. central time Thursday. Among the... more »

• Dr. Richard Vath to temporarily oversee OLOL parent company amid CEO change

  March 13, 2019 5:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The corporate structure surrounding Our Lady of the Lake is changing, the hospital’s parent company announced late Wednesday. Mike McBride was removed as CEO of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, the system overseeing the six hospitals including OLOL and its soon-to-open children’s hospital. ... more »

• Terminally ill inmate who 'escaped' nursing home Friday captured

  April 13, 2018 5:26 PM

  JACKSON – A terminally ill inmate who had been granted a compassionate release to stay in a nursing home for the rest of his sentence walked out of the medical facility he'd been living at Friday. Paul Stephan, 67, was serving a 30-year sentence for second-degree robbery since 2010.... more »

• La. cheerleaders warned of possible mumps exposure at Texas competition Play Video

  March 7, 2018 5:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Cheerleader groups from Louisiana and 38 other states are being warned to watch for symptoms of mumps after a popular cheerleading competition in Texas last month. Teams from Baton Rouge were among the groups who attended the National Cheerleaders Association All-Star National Championship at the Kay... more »

• Ascension Parish couple's cruise ship nightmare highlighted in report about ship medical care

  February 9, 2018 10:45 AM

  GEISMAR – An Ascension Parish couple's honeymoon turned into a medical nightmare and was highlighted by a television report in New Orleans questioning the healthcare aboard cruise ships. “It’s just unfortunate,” Brant Aymond said of he and his new wife's Thanksgiving trip after their marriage last year. Aymond was... more »

• Free flu shots available next week Play Video

  January 25, 2018 1:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE – No cost flu shots will be available to the more than 55 parish health units in Louisiana. The shots will be available Wednesday, January 31, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The vaccine is available to anyone who has not received a vaccine this flu... more »

• Congressman: People might need to choose either healthcare or an iPhone

  March 7, 2017 11:34 AM

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The fight over healthcare took a powerful turn Tuesday morning when a high-ranking Republican in the U.S. House likened people's decision about healthcare to purchasing the latest gadgets. “A mericans have choices and they've got to make a choice. So maybe rather than getting that new... more »

• North Baton Rouge emergency room groundbreaking set for Tuesday Play Video

  January 27, 2017 12:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Our Lady of the Lake will host a groundbreaking ceremony on a new emergency room in Baton Rouge Tuesday. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the LSU Health Baton Rouge North Clinic on Airline Highway. Hospital... more »

• Aramark to lay off more than 200 employees at Lafayette Medical Center

  October 17, 2016 10:38 AM

  BATON ROUGE – Aramark Healthcare Services, LLC, stationed at the Lafayette Medical Center, has announced that more than 200 employees will be laid off later this year. Lafayette Medical Center did not renew its contract with the company and will result in Aramark ceasing operations at the hospital on Dec.... more »

• Former VP of healthcare company pleads guilty to stealing $7.6 million

  October 12, 2016 3:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A former corporate executive has been sentenced for stealing more than $7.6 million from a Baton Rouge based health services company. Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that 41-year-old Michael David Pitts was sentenced to 48 months in the Bureau of Prisons which will be followed by three... more »

• Lawmakers approve budget, look to raise taxes in special session

  June 5, 2016 10:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE - State lawmakers passed a budget Sunday evening that slashes funding for both TOPS scholarships and hospitals. The approved cuts means the TOPS scholarship would be cut in half, costing an LSU student about $1,800 to go to school next year. The healthcare cuts could hurt health... more »

• Back in session: Higher education, healthcare could face cuts

  March 14, 2016 8:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The new legislative session began today, and Governor John Bel Edwards delivered grim news to lawmakers regarding the state budget in his opening address. Lawmakers didn't raise enough money in the special session to keep critical services from being cut. Under state law, they can't raise... more »

• Town hall to address north Baton Rouge issues Play Video

  February 18, 2016 11:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Metro Councilwoman Chauna Banks hosted a town hall meeting Thursday to talk about improving the economic well-being of north Baton Rouge. The meeting was moderated by Gary Chambers, co-owner of The Rouge Collection. Town hall panelists include Sen. Regina Barrow, Adam Knapp of the Baton Rouge... more »

• Medicaid expansion expected to roll out in May

  January 27, 2016 1:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The state health department hopes to start signing up eligible people for Medicaid expansion by May, a spokesperson said Wednesday. Officials at the Department of Health and Hospitals believe 300,000 more Louisianans will have Medicaid cards 'in hand' and can start using them July 1. DHH... more »

• Future neighborhood clinic destined for former Jeep dealership property

  January 21, 2016 12:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center has purchased property located in the 6800 block of Florida Boulevard, formerly the Brian Harris Jeep dealership, with preliminary plans to construct a new neighborhood clinic. OLOL says neighborhood clinics are designed to bring healthcare directly to patients... more »

• Mother arrested after child is found with brain injury, human bite marks

  January 14, 2016 10:19 PM

  ZACHARY - A mother was booked into jail Thursday, accused of abusing her two-year-old child. Deputies wrote in arrest documents, emergency care workers reported a possible case of abuse after seeing the child of Doneisha Renee Carter before Christmas. Carter complained her son would not eat, was irritable, vomiting,... more »

• President Obama greets excited crowd in Baton Rouge Play Video

  January 14, 2016 9:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A crowd of hundreds greeted President Barack Obama with cheers and shouts as he entered McKinley High School Thursday, and the president responded with "Geaux Tigers!" The president was introduced by Che'dra Joseph , McKinley High School's Student of the Year. The school gym where Obama's... more »

• Lawmakers meet with hospital chief to shutdown closure rumor mill

  October 30, 2015 4:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - In an effort to try and ease the nerves of many, lawmakers met with the CEO of Baton Rouge General to discuss the plans for the Mid City campus. Earlier this week , the hospital announced it was moving its burn unit to the Bluebonnet facility.... more »

• Feds: Switch plans, save on health insurance

  October 30, 2015 3:47 PM

  CHICAGO- "It pays to shop" is the message from the government, two days before the start of the third sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The Department of Health and Human Services released data Friday on next year's prices in the insurance markets established by the law.... more »