Authorities said they’ve arrested a couple accused of defrauding Louisiana’s Medicaid program by nearly $135,000.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced an increase in Medicaid provider ...

Louisiana lawmakers are considering expanding Medicaid coverage of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic to include patients with obesity, ...

Acadian Health leaders detailed a Louisiana Medicaid pilot that cut ER visits and saved millions during a national mobile ...

Winnsboro Mayor Alice Wallace was arrested and charged with six counts of Medicaid fraud. Wallace is accused of illegally ...

Louisiana Medicaid members previously enrolled with UnitedHealthcare were moved to new managed care plans on April 1, 2026, after the insurer exited the program. The transition did not affect ...

Louisiana’s Medicaid program could expand access to popular weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound for obesity ...

Louisiana renews $17B Medicaid contracts as lawmakers push for better oversight, higher provider payments and improvements to patient transportation services. Louisiana’s Medicaid program paid nearly ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – A review of how Louisiana keeps its Medicaid rolls up to date found the state paid out benefits for more than 1,000 people over the past six years after they ...

Senate panel advances bill to add Wegovy and Zepbound to Louisiana Medicaid; federal discounts may shrink the state’s share.

There are more employees in the health care industry than any other industry in Louisiana, and we are also an unhealthy population. Medicaid expansion stabilized the health care system and economy in ...