HJBR Sep/Oct 2025

+ %5 September / October 2025 I Vol. 18, No. 5 Contents DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Desk ............................................................. 8 Healthcare Briefs ................................................ 29 Hospital Rounds ................................................. 47 Ad Index .................................................................... 50 CORRESPONDENTS Medicaid .................................................................... 34 Children’s Health ................................................. 38 Nursing ....................................................................... 40 Oncology ................................................................... 42 Senior Health ......................................................... 44 FEATURES What’s Wrong with Healthcare? ......................... 10 Part 4 — Utilization Management: Two Sides of the Same Coin Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS Value-Based Healthcare Correspondent Caring Together: Integrating Rights, Workforce, and Reform for Better Aging Outcomes ............................................................. 16 Part 1 — The Medical Team/Ombudsman Collaboration: A Winning Approach to Older Adult Care Beverly Gianna, MA, MAG Gerontologist | Long-Term Care Ombudsman Medicaid Changes: Q&A with Jeff Reynolds, Rural Hospital Coalition of Louisiana . ............. 24 Julie O’Donoghue Louisiana Illuminator SPECIAL REPORT Louisiana State Health Ranking ............................ 27 America’s Health Rankings Annual Report United Health Foundation 16 24