HJBR Mar/Apr 2023

+ %5 March / April 2023 I Vol. 16, No. 2 Contents DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Desk ............................................................. 8 Healthcare Briefs ................................................ 37 Hospital Rounds ................................................. 61 Ad Index .................................................................... 66 CORRESPONDENTS LDH Corner ............................................................. 50 Nursing ....................................................................... 52 Medicaid .................................................................... 54 Children’s Health ................................................. 56 Oncology ................................................................... 58 FEATURES One on One . ...................................................................... 10 Greg Feirn Chief Executive Officer LCMC Health Changing the Care of Chronic Conditions: Heart Disease and Cholesterol ............................ 18 Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS System VP, Clinical Improvement Ochsner Health Violence: An Untreated Infectious Disease .......................................................... 25 Katherine Theall, PhD Professor at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine CMS’ Louisiana Hospice Care Index Rankings ................................. 30 18 10