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  • Civil service panel agrees to LSU hospital deals

    June 10, 2013 10:25 AM

    BATON ROUGE - The Civil Service Commission has reversed course and agreed to privatization plans for four LSU hospitals, with nearly 4,000 layoffs set to take effect June 23. The commission's 3-2 vote Monday was the final step needed for Gov. Bobby Jindal to turn over management of university-run hospitals... more »
  • Civil service panel rejects LSU hospital layoffs

    June 5, 2013 1:44 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The state Civil Service Commission has refused to approve layoff plans tied to Gov. Bobby Jindal's deals to privatize four LSU hospitals. The commission voted 4-3 Wednesday to reject the layoffs of about 3,000 state employees at the hospitals in New Orleans, Lafayette, Houma and Lake Charles.... more »
  • LSU privatization deals approved for 4 hospitals

    May 28, 2013 2:07 PM

    BATON ROUGE- The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved contracts to privatize four more of its public hospitals, in agreements still missing key financing details. Approval from the board Tuesday handed authority to sign off on final deals, including items like the amount for rental payments, to LSU System President... more »
  • Jindal adviser: LSU privatization deals on track

    May 23, 2013 4:00 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect says the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing all but one of the 10 LSU-run hospitals. Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols says all deals will be completed next month. Nichols was addressing questions raised by the... more »
  • Analyst says funding gap for LSU hospital deals

    May 17, 2013 3:46 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The first three LSU hospital privatization deals appear to use up 94 percent of the funding Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration set aside for eight such arrangements. That was the assessment Friday of the Legislative Fiscal Office, a nonpartisan office that provided an update to the Senate Finance... more »
  • Former hospital chief not at privatization hearing

    May 15, 2013 12:25 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Senators told members of the LSU Board of Supervisors that they want an explanation for why the university system's former hospitals chief, Fred Cerise, was directed not to attend a legislative hearing to discuss plans to privatize the LSU hospitals. Sen. Ed Murray, D-New Orleans, said he... more »
  • Jindal won't seek legislative backing on LSU deals

    April 18, 2013 1:19 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal says he won't seek legislative approval of his administration's LSU hospital privatization agreements, though both the House and Senate have voted that they want such decision-making authority. Jindal said Thursday that he believes the legislative resolutions that have received support in the House and... more »
  • Committee to look at privatized Medicaid plans

    April 9, 2013 10:37 AM

    BATON ROUGE - A state Senate committee scheduled to meet this afternoon will look at compromises other states have made with the Obama administration over expanding health coverage for the poor. Governor Bobby Jindal said he would not accept the Medicaid expansion under the president's health care reforms, saying... more »
  • Civil Service panel approves hospital outsourcing

    April 2, 2013 3:02 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The state's Civil Service Commission has approved a Jindal administration plan to outsource the health care services currently provided by LSU's public hospital in Baton Rouge. The 4-2 vote by the commission Tuesday paves the way for 777 employee layoffs at Earl K. Long Medical Center. The... more »
  • Willis Knighton won't be part of LSU privatization

    April 1, 2013 2:34 PM

    SHREVEPORT - Willis Knighton Health System in Shreveport won't be a part of the effort to privatize the LSU-run hospital in that city. Last week, the LSU Board of Supervisors agreed to negotiate turning over the operations of university-run hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe to a nonprofit research foundation -... more »
  • LSU hospitals in north La. set for privatization

    March 27, 2013 5:06 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The LSU Board of Supervisors has agreed to negotiate turning over operations of university-run hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe to a nonprofit research foundation whose interim president sits on the LSU board. The board Wednesday backed an arrangement LSU hopes will lead to the Biomedical Research Foundation... more »
  • LSU hospital bonds are taxable under privatization

    March 21, 2013 12:22 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Plans to privatize most of LSU's public hospitals means borrowing for repairs and construction of the health facilities will be taxable. That borrowing will cost the state more. The Bond Commission learned that bonds issued for LSU hospitals and clinics slated to be managed by private hospital... more »
  • No privatization planned for LSU's Lallie Kemp

    January 29, 2013 2:04 PM

    BATON ROUGE - While most of LSU's south Louisiana hospitals are set for privatization, the head of the LSU hospital system says its facility in Tangipahoa Parish will stay under university control for the foreseeable future. Frank Opelka, LSU's vice president for health affairs and medical education, said Tuesday he... more »
  • Privatization underway for Lake Charles hospital

    January 18, 2013 3:52 PM

    BATON ROUGE - State health officials say they have found a private operator to run the LSU hospital in Lake Charles that provides safety net care for the uninsured. The Department of Health and Hospitals announced Friday that management of LSU's W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center will be turned over... more »
  • Vote shelved on Jindal health outsourcing plan Play Video

    November 1, 2012 4:55 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget adviser scrapped a planned legislative vote on the governor's proposal to hire a private company to manage a state employee health insurance plan. Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols pulled the proposed contract between the Office of Group Benefits and Blue Cross/Blue Shield... more »
  • Privatization of state agency yields early savings

    July 23, 2012 5:43 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Legislative auditors say a contract with a private company based in Mandeville to privatize and run much of the claims processing and management handled by the state's Office of Risk Management has been producing results ahead of schedule. Emily Wilson, a performance audit manager for the state's... more »
  • 2 companies protest La Medicaid contract choices

    August 9, 2011 10:14 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Two companies have protested Louisiana's choice of other companies to run managed care networks for $2.2 billion of the state's Medicaid program. Aetna Inc. says Aetna Better Health wants information submitted in contract proposals, and state Department of Health and Hospital records about the scoring, made... more »
  • Auditor: Jindal administration refusing records

    May 2, 2011 3:45 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera says Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has refused to hand over some information about a proposal to hire a private company to run a state worker health insurance program. Purpera says without the information, his auditors can't determine whether the privatization would be... more »
  • House backs bill that could slow privatization

    May 20, 2010 3:57 PM

    State lawmakers could slow down Gov.Bobby Jindal's plans to hire outside contractors to run some of Louisiana's inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities - if the Senate agrees to a proposal that has won House backing. The House voted 64-27 Thursday for a bill that would give lawmakers the ability to... more »
  • Town worries about layoffs at state psychiatric hospitals

    May 5, 2010 10:24 PM

    The town of Jackson is worried about the future of one of its oldest residents. Layoffs and privatization are coming to the East Louisiana Psychiatric Hospital. People in the town say that will affect homes and businesses too. While there is fear about the future, people say there is... more »
  • Legislative update: Michael Shingleton

    May 5, 2010 10:37 AM

    HB 1443 has been deferred for one week. This bill deals with the privatization of certain DHH mental health hospitals. (Eastern Louisiana Mental Health, Southeast Louisiana Hospital, Central Louisiana State Hospital) HB 186 by Rep. Hardy failed in the education committee this morning. This bill would have changed gpa... more »

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