Kaisernetwork.org – Jan. 5, 2009. Summaries of recent news involving Medicaid in Louisiana, Rhode Island and Texas appear in this article…  Click title to read more… Louisiana: Louisiana’s Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on Friday approved Gov. Bobby Jindal’s (R) plan to seek a federal Medicaid waiver that would allow the state to overhaul […]

HFMA.org – Jan 05, 2009. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) reports that state legislatures across the country enacted 31,000 laws in 2008, some of which become effective Jan. 1, 2009. The issues range from healthcare reform to criminal justice to labor practices. Among the new health-related laws that became effective Jan. 1 are: […]