Louisiana Primary Care Association

16/07/2025

If your organization is looking to make connections with Louisiana's Federally Qualified Health Centers and partners working in the community health movement, we want you to join us at our upcoming 42nd Annual Continuing Education Conference! Network with health center leadership, staff, and board members and build the relationships that will lead to a stronger tomorrow for Louisiana.

Find our Sponsorship Prospectus booklet and the link to apply here: https://lnkd.in/dQB86VVn

If you'd like to attend our conference and take advantage of this year's Early Bird Conference Pricing, you can find registration options here: https://lnkd.in/dzqpseDj

04/07/2025

"What saddens us the most is knowing how this will affect our patients, their families, and their communities. Those who will lose coverage are not 'able-bodied adults who should be working.' In Louisiana, Medicaid patients are working. In our state, 94.3% of adults who have Medicaid coverage are working either full or part-time, are ill or disabled, are taking care of their family, or are going to school. This is another burden on the tables of single-parent families, of those living with disabilities, or adults taking care of elderly relatives.

Community Health Centers are resilient, but under this additional burden on our patients, clinics, and state to comply with these changes, we know that our people will lose providers, they will lose healthcare access, and Louisiana will be worse for it."

View LPCA's Full Statement on the passage of the OBBBA:

The Louisiana Primary Care Association is incredibly disheartened to see the passage of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” today in our House of Representatives. As we have communicated with communities, advocates, partners, state legislators, and federal policymakers throughout the beginning of ...

03/07/2025

Hundreds of thousands of Community Health Center advocates across the country have raised concerns about the impact of this legislation on CHCs and their patients. CHCs are already operating under extraordinary financial pressure as they address the chronic disease epidemic with affordable, effective, and comprehensive primary care services. This legislation will add another financial challenge to an already precarious picture: CHC funding is set to expire in less than 90 days.

Read the full statement: http://bit.ly/3TjOPU5

30/06/2025

Today, Director of Health Policy & Governmental Affairs for LPCA, Raegan A. Carter, presented before the Press Club of Baton Rouge on the real consequences of the Senate’s current budget reconciliation bill:

Louisiana’s community health centers are bracing for unprecedented disruption.

30/06/2025

Don't wait to contact U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy and Senator John Kennedy and let them know how the current Senate budget bill will affect you and your family, your work, your neighbors. The vote on this budget is happening today, and while the House established at least $700 billion in cuts to the federal Medicaid program, the Senate bill raised that number to around $930 billion.

What do these cuts mean for us? These cuts will risk critical healthcare coverage for nearly 291,000 Louisianans and billions of dollars in federal support for Louisiana. This bill will harm our healthcare industry, our state economy, and our people as it cuts a program that serves children, seniors in nursing homes, and working families.

Oversight for waste and abuse is necessary, but sweeping cuts like these will be devastating to Louisiana.

Please call Senator Bill Cassidy at (202) 224-5824 and Senator John Kennedy at (202) 224-4623.

25/06/2025

Time is running out for our federal leaders to make positive changes for Community Health Centers, vulnerable communities, and for Louisiana! Any cuts to the Medicaid program will be harmful to our state where 1 in 3 people receive coverage from Medicaid, including children, working families, caregivers, students, disabled individuals, and seniors in nursing homes. For Community Health Centers whose patient populations are mostly covered by Medicaid, these cuts will affect their ability to maintain regular operation or even keep doors open.

Right now, it is estimated that around 137,000 patients in Louisiana will lose coverage with the current standing of the budget reconciliation bill. We need action from our federal lawmakers to protect those Louisianans and their families now.

Send an email or make a call to Senator Cassidy and Senator Kennedy at this link and let them know that we need them to protect Medicaid funding to keep Louisiana working and healthy: https://bit.ly/ActionAlert_SenateMedicaid

17/06/2025

Explore the front lines of rural health advocacy with a panel of experienced state leaders working to improve rural healthcare access in Louisiana. Panelists will share real-world insights on building partnerships, influencing policy, and amplifying rural voices in the legislative process. Join us at the Louisiana Rural Health Policy Forum to learn how to make your voice heard in Baton Rouge and Washington DC! Registration is open now! www.lrha.org/policy-forum
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17/06/2025

Have you submitted your abstract to speak at LPCA's 42nd Annual Continuing Education Conference? This year's conference will take place October 14th-17th at the Crowne Plaza Executive Center in Baton Rouge, LA, and is the largest event for Federally Qualified Health Center leadership, staff, board members, and community partners.

Right now, we are accepting abstracts regarding the following topics as they relate to Community Health Centers:
• Board Governance
• Clinical & Quality Improvement
• Finance Management & Value Based Payment/Care
• Operations/Practice Management
• Health Policy & Advocacy
• Health Information Technology
• Workforce Development

The deadline to submit is THIS FRIDAY, June 20th.
Submit your abstract today at bit.ly/LPCA42SpeakerAbstractSubmissions

12/06/2025

"In meetings on Zoom and in conference rooms across the state, a group of health care organizations and advocates have come together to form a 'collective' to sound the alarm about how these proposed federal changes could destabilize the state’s entire public health infrastructure.

That collective includes the United Way of Southeast Louisiana, the New Orleans Health Department, CrescentCare, Invest in Louisiana, Volunteers of America South Central Louisiana, Louisiana Primary Care Association, American Cancer Society - Louisiana and others.

'The people that are receiving Medicaid benefits are the most vulnerable people in the state of Louisiana,' said SarahJane Guidry, director of policy and advocacy at CrescentCare. 'Making sure that they have access to health care is essential… if we take away one of the core elements of a person's life, everything else is going to also be impacted.'"

State lawmakers — both Republican and Democrat — are sounding the alarm on proposed cuts that could strip Medicaid coverage from nearly 190,000 Louisianans.

11/06/2025

Medicaid is a net positive for Louisiana's patients and our economy. Right now, our federal leadership is poised to cut at least $700 billion from the Medicaid program, leaving Louisiana with coverage losses and increased administrative burdens. Let our Congressional delegates and Senators know how cuts to the Medicaid program will affect you, your family, your work, and your community using our link below to send emails, make phone calls, or record a short video to send to Capitol Hill today!

👆bit.ly/ActionAlert_ProtectMedicaid2025

10/06/2025

Calling all experts in community health! 📢📢
LPCA's 42nd Annual Continuing Education Conference will be held October 14th-17th at the Crowne Plaza Executive Center in Baton Rouge, LA, and we are looking for speakers!

Currently, we are accepting abstracts on: Board Governance; Clinical & Quality Improvement; Finance Management & Value Based Payment/Care; Operations/Practice Management; Health Policy & Advocacy; Health Information Technology; and Workforce Development.

Share this opportunity, and submit here: bit.ly/LPCA42SpeakerAbstractSubmissions

The deadline to submit is Friday, June 20th.

27/05/2025

The best thing about is getting to do the work together. Thank you to every person and organization who has been part of this Legislative Day of Action. We are grateful for your continued support, partnership, and tireless work towards a better tomorrow for Louisiana.

WE 💙 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS!