Louisiana Medicaid Expansion To Begin June 1, 2016

On April 18, 2016, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced that the state Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) would launch Medicaid expansion enrollment on June 1, 2016. Medicaid will be expanded to individuals earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL). People who apply earlier will be considered for the existing Medicaid programs. To facilitate the expansion, Louisiana has renamed the Bayou Health Medicaid program and LaCHIP as Healthy Louisiana; the program will be managed by the existing Bayou Health managed care plans. From 300,000 to 450,000 state residents are projected to be eligible to . . .