“Choose Health” Meetings Scheduled

A series of informational meetings begins this week across northwest Louisiana to introduce current Medicaid and LaChip recipients to the state's new "Bayou Health" program. Basically, Bayou Health is the state's new approach to health care for 865-thousand of Louisiana's 1.2-million Medicaid and LaChip recipients. The state has contracted with five health plans that will form networks of health care providers and care mangers and anybody who's currently on Medicaid or LaChip can pick one of those five providers.  Here's a parish-by-parish schedule of meetings:

Bienville -- Mon, April 30 -- 4:30pm -- Vanity Fair Outlet Mall

Bossier -- Fri, April 27 -- 11:00am -- Bossier Parish Central Library

Bossier -- Tues, May 1 -- 4:30pm -- Haughton Middle School

Caddo -- Wed, April 25 -- 4:30pm -- Green Oaks High School

Caddo -- Fri, May 4 -- 2:30pm -- Caddo Career  & Technology Center

Caddo -- Sat, May 5 -- 10:00am -- Independence Stadium Club Level

Claiborne -- Thur, May 3 --- 4:30pm -- Homer High School

Desoto -- Sat, April 28 -- 10:00am -- Desoto Parish Library

Natchitoches -- Thur, April 26 -- 3:30pm -- Natchitoches Library

Red River -- Wed, May 2 -- 4:30pm -- Red River Title-1 Parent Center

Sabine -- Sat, April 28 -- 2:30pm -- Many High School

Webster -- Thur, April 26 -- 4:30pm -- Minden High School