HJBR Mar/Apr 2024

+ %5 March / April 2024 I Vol. 17, No. 2 Contents DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Desk ............................................................. 9 Healthcare Briefs ................................................ 23 Hospital Rounds ................................................. 47 Ad Index .................................................................... 50 CORRESPONDENTS Secretary’s Corner ............................................... 32 Medicaid .................................................................... 34 Children’s Health ................................................. 36 Nursing ....................................................................... 38 Surgery ....................................................................... 40 Women’s Health ................................................... 42 Senior Health ......................................................... 44 FEATURES Eliminating Louisiana’s Physician Access Gaps ........................................................................ 11 Mike Thompson Healthcare Policy Analyst & Media Liaison Louisiana Hospital Association Changing the Care of Chronic Conditions: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome ............................................................................. 16 Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS Value-Based Healthcare Correspondent Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Withdraws Its Plan of Reorganization ............. 24 24 11