Health care

On the Record: Alan Levine

On the Record: Alan Levine

The DHH secretary applauds Sen. Mary Landrieu’s efforts to include state Medicaid money in the federal reform package, but he loathes the bill on which it’s riding.


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General hospitalists

General hospitalists

Physicians are forgoing the tedious work of running a private practice to focus on the care of hospitalized patients.


Dial-a-doctor

Dial-a-doctor

The medical world embraces telemedicine, which provides online access to specialists who don’t have offices near their patients.


Spin doctor

Spin doctor

A groundbreaking nonsurgical procedure reduces the need to amputate the legs of patients with peripheral arterial disease.


Entrepreneur: Bill Borne

Entrepreneur: Bill Borne

As insurers, providers and government officials grapple with the rising cost of health care, Baton Rouge-based nursing giant Amedisys thinks it has an effective way to treat our society’s sickest patients.


The middle ground

The middle ground

Blue Cross and the parent company of OLOL resolve their second dispute in as many years, underscoring an affordability crisis and the need to implement
cost-effective alternatives.


10 Questions: Timothy Church

10 Questions: Timothy Church

Pennington’s chair of health wisdom refutes—for the bazillionth time—a story that says physical activity is not good for you, and discusses his latest project on exercise and the elderly.


A prescription for health

A prescription for health

Rxercise fills the knowledge gap between physicians and trainers with a program that combines specialized exercises and good nutrition for patients with health problems.


Entrepreneur: Claud Derbes

Entrepreneur: Claud Derbes

Claud Derbes didn’t have to contend with a Walmart Supercenter a couple of blocks away when he opened Central Drug Store at Hooper and Sullivan roads in 1998, but the independent pharmacist has managed to keep up with nearby big-box competition through some unique services.


Nick Rauber

Nick Rauber

There’s always that middle-school guidance counselor on television sitcoms who tells a worried pre-teen that if they just do what they enjoy for a living, it will all work out in the end.


Eric McMillen

Eric McMillen

Eric McMillen has always had a knack for business.


Gloria Wall 
McClelland

Gloria Wall 
McClelland

Don’t try the old “I avoid running because it hurts my knees” gambit with Gloria Wall McClelland.


Jonathan Kaplan

Jonathan Kaplan

Hurricane Katrina put plastic surgeon Jonathan Kaplan’s career on a new course.


Vishwa Deep Dixit

Vishwa Deep Dixit

Vishwa Deep Dixit doesn’t want anyone to think that’s he cured HIV, or found a way to reduce disease-related inflammation, or that he’s found a way to prevent the immune system from deteriorating.


A prescription for catastrophe

A prescription for catastrophe

An expected drop in the federal match in state Medicaid dollars could result in layoffs and the closure of some hospitals.


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