The AI technology is being trained on national data and peer-reviewed publications that have identified fraud, and it will ...

Staff within the Louisiana Department of Health will verify ... Other goals include more training health care providers on opioid use disorders and using money from settlements with opioid ...

On April 21, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced the launch of Project M.O.M. (Maternal Overdose Mortality), a ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the new Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health will be Bruce Greenstein.

The Louisiana Department of Health unveiled new initiatives to fight Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse and to address fatal overdoses during pregnancy at a press conference Monday. It was the first ...

Accidental overdoses have surpassed all other causes of pregnancy-related deaths in Louisiana, but a new state initiative is aiming to change that.

Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, who accused the pharmacy of illegally filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade for ...

“This resolution allows us to close all opioid related litigation with ... illegitimate prescriptions. With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Walgreen has agreed to establish ...

Louisiana lawmakers are currently grappling with what to do about kratom, an unregulated herbal substance that causes stimulating or sedating effects and can be purchased over the counter at gas ...

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT CASE WAS CONFIRMED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DID NOT SAY IF THE TWO ARE RELATED. AND THIS IS THE LARGEST OUTBREAK IN THE U.S. IN SIX YEARS ...