Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy is just both inside and outside of state government who are nonplussed over the current state of healthcare in Louisiana.

According to Louisiana Treasurer, John Kennedy the state was caught  a little “flat-footed” and  “without a plan” when Congress reduced the amount Louisiana would receive from the federal government for Medicaid.

Call it a new era with new leadership for an institution that has grown throughout the New Orleans region and in Baton Rouge and other Louisiana locations in recent years.

 Warner Thomas, President and Chief Operating Officer of Ochsner Health System, became the system’s President and Chief Executive Officer on September 1. Thomas succeeds Dr. Patrick Quinlan, who has led Ochsner Health System since 2001.

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We are labeling this as Hurricane Isaac rather than Tropical Storm Isaac because we believe the storm will soon be a hurricane prior to hitting the coast.