HJBR Sep/Oct 2024

+ %5 September / October 2024 I Vol. 17, No. 5 Contents DEPARTMENTS Healthcare Briefs ................................................ 35 Hospital Rounds ................................................. 53 Ad Index .................................................................... 58 CORRESPONDENTS Medicaid .................................................................... 40 Children’s Health ................................................. 42 Nursing ....................................................................... 44 Surgery ....................................................................... 48 Senior Health ......................................................... 50 FEATURES Unnecessary Medicare Advantage Denials: Harming Louisiana Patients, Crowding Our Emergency Departments, and Costing U.S. Providers Billions ................................ 9 Mike Thompson Healthcare Policy Analyst & Media Liaison Louisiana Hospital Association Mothers at Risk: Uncovering the Systemic Issues Behind Louisiana’s Maternal Mortality Crisis .......................................... 16 Michelle Collins, PhD, CNM, RNC-EFM, FACNM, FAAN, FNAP Dean of Loyola New Orleans University College of Nursing and Health Changing the Care of Chronic Conditions: Inflammatory Bowel Disease ................................. 20 Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS Value-Based Healthcare Correspondent The Foundation of Relationships and How Trauma Plays into Our Health: Trauma Bonds vs. Healthy Relationships ........ 26 Rev. Ted Wiard, EdD, LPCC, CGC and Rev. Genevieve Oswald Southwestern College and Golden Willow Retreat 9 26