BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The LSU System governing board is considering whether to make deeper budget cuts to the university's 10-hospital system that cares for the poor and uninsured, as a way to prepare for future drops in funding. The Board of Supervisors meets Thursday to talk about the... more »
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) The chairman for the governing board of the planned $1.2 billion state teaching hospital in New Orleans isn't certain whether future meetings of the panel will be open to the public. The board held a closed-door gathering this week. Chairman Robert Yarborough says the full board... more »
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) The chairman for the governing board of the planned $1.2 billion state teaching hospital in New Orleans isn't certain whether future meetings of the panel will be open to the public. The board held a closed-door gathering this week. Chairman Robert Yarborough says the full board... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A Lafayette attorney and funeral home director was ousted as chair of the governing board for the public hospital to be built in New Orleans, before the first board meeting. The LSU System announced Monday that Elaine Abell has been replaced as chair of the New... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A Lafayette attorney and funeral home director will chair the governing board for the public hospital to be built in New Orleans. LSU System President John Lombardi named Elaine Abell on Thursday to chair the University Medical Center Management Corp. Abell said its first meeting will... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A Lafayette attorney and funeral home director will chair the governing board for the public hospital to be built in New Orleans. LSU System President John Lombardi named Elaine Abell on Thursday to chair the University Medical Center Management Corp. Abell said its first meeting will... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Lawmakers have approved a deal that will move LSU's Baton Rouge-based medical education and hospital care to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. The move, backed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, will keep the state from building a new $400 million replacement hospital. The joint... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Lawmakers are considering a deal that would move LSU's Baton Rouge-based medical education and hospital care to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. The move, backed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, would keep the state from building a new $400 million replacement hospital. The joint... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Two top legislative leaders say they have too many questions about a proposed LSU-Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center deal for it to proceed to final approval at this time. A vote had been scheduled for Friday. House Speaker Jim Tucker and House Appropriations... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A proposal to make Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center the new home for LSU's medical education and hospital services in Baton Rouge is complete. Our Lady of the Lake would become LSU's Baton Rouge-based teaching hospital, after the university shelved plans to build... more »