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La. Race to the Top Draws Praise |
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Monroe News Star
By Mike Hasten
February 2, 2010
Louisiana's application for federal funds through the Race to the Top program was singled out in a Washington Post column as an example of how states should seek and apply any awards.
In an op-ed piece published Saturday, Kevin Huffman, Teach for America executive vice president of public affairs, addressed several plans that he viewed as lacking what's necessary to be successful in obtaining an award. But he described Louisiana's plan as "a clear, concise, actionable plan to reform a large swath of its public schools."
"The beauty of Louisiana's reform model lies in its simplicity," he said. "The state has taken critical baseline steps, it proposes expanding projects that have shown promising results, and it has ensured that participating school districts will actually do the things that are in the application." ...
Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek said he is now asking for $314 million. ...
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New La. Web Site Lets People Compare Hospitals, Nursing Homes |
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Shreveport Times
By Melody Brumble
February 3, 2010
A new state Web site offers people cost and quality comparisons for hospitals, nursing homes and health insurance plans.
Gov. Bobby Jindal unveiled the Web site during a news conference Tuesday in Shreveport. The state Department of Health and Hospitals created the site, Health Finder Louisiana, in response to the Consumers Right to Know Act, which state lawmakers passed in 2008.
Louisiana is the fourth state to put all the information on one site. About 20 states are working on providing health care consumer information, Jindal said. ...
"Ultimately, patients will be able to type in what (qualities) they want and find providers who match that," Jindal said.
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Louisiana Settles Medicaid Debts |
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Opelousas Daily World
Editorial
January 29, 2010
“Gov. Bobby Jindal was once the state official who oversaw the way Medicaid is administered in Louisiana. Given the time his administration spends on the state-federal health coverage program for the needy, Jindal might think his new job isn't very different.
At least he's making progress. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals said Monday that it has reached tentative settlements with federal authorities on the repayment of hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged Medicaid overpayments, some of which originated a decade ago…
The sad thing is that for all the skull sweat going into Louisiana's Medicaid system, nobody is spending much time focusing on the Jindal administration's plan to make the program more efficient and humane. It would expand coverage to more needy people while seeking to reduce costs by offering recipients a choice of three subsidized but privately run insurance plans.
That idea offers at least the hope of better care and more efficiency at a time when our health-care system badly needs both…”
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Grants Given to Fight Breast Cancer, Diabetes |
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Alexandria Town Talk
By Staff
January 23, 2010
Two Central Louisiana agencies are among those receiving community-based rural health grants from the state in the fight against breast cancer and diabetes.
Gov. Bobby Jindal and Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine announced eight health grants Friday during a visit to the Winn Parish Medical Center in Winnfield. ...
Jindal emphasized the importance of the grants given the proposed federal changes to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) funding that could limit funds to many hospitals in rural areas, according to a news release. ...
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Baton Rouge Hospital Plans Would Transfer Care for Poor People to Private Hospital |
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Baton Rouge Advocate
By Jan Moller
January 25, 2010
A public-private partnership that would give the capital city its first Level 1 trauma center and shift charity inpatient services to a private hospital [Our Lady of the Lake] is nearing completion after the two participants announced an agreement Monday. ...
Gov. Bobby Jindal and other state officials hailed the deal as "historic" and "transformative" and said it would result in more and better services for the poor while lowering costs for the state.
"It brings the best of our public system -- our faculty, clinics and LSU training programs -- together with an institution that is already one of our largest providers of care for the poor," Jindal said. ...
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