LDH announces waste-fighting initiatives, other priorities Monday

BATON ROUGE - State health officials announced a variety of collaborations Monday intended to fight waste, fraud and abuse in agency programs, and pledged to reduce overdose deaths among pregnant women.LDH top brass, including Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, Secretary Bruce Greenstein and Undersecretary Drew Maranto explained the agency's plans to make sure that public money is well spent.A new task force will involve collaboration with other government entities, including cross-referencing info