February 23, 2022

Our Lady of the Lake North’s Geaux Get Healthy Clinical Program recently received a recent $100,000 grant from Healthy Blue Louisiana, a Medicaid managed healthcare provider.  

February 17, 2022

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) announced that Scott Wester will be transitioning from his position as market president for Baton Rouge and Our Lady of the Lake into a system executive role focused exclusively on the recently announced strategic LSU partnership as well as statewide advocacy. 
 

February 16, 2022

Health Leaders Medicare ACO Network, a subsidiary of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, announced that the network has achieved more than $13 million in cost savings for 22,559 Medicare beneficiaries. These cost savings are reflected in performance year 2020 and reported as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) accountable care organization (ACO) initiative called the Next Generation ACO Model.

February 16, 2022

A group of families grateful to the care teams in Baton Rouge General’s COVID intensive care unit (ICU) have come together to raise funds for improvements on the unit, including brighter lighting and upgraded break rooms.

Ronnie Anderson, former head of the Louisiana Farm Bureau, was in the COVID ICU for 50 days, first arriving with COVID-19 on March 18, 2020. With his wife Vivian there to greet him, he was finally discharged from BRG after 64 days.

February 16, 2022

Calorie restriction improves metabolic and immune responses that help determine both how long a person lives and how many years of good health they enjoy, a new study shows.