Louisiana Center for Disordered Eating
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Eating disorder treatment in Louisiana
An estimated 410,210 Louisianans will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. The state's specialty programs are mostly in metro New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and Louisiana has just one residential program (for women only), with no in-state residential option for adolescents or men. Care ranges from inpatient and residential through partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and virtual programs.(source)
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Medical stabilizationMedical management of malnutrition, refeeding, comorbidities.Inpatient hospitalizationAcute hospital care for medical instability and psychiatric crisis.Residential treatmentLive-in care with 24/7 clinical and nursing support, in a non-hospital setting.Partial hospitalization (PHP)Day treatment, structured clinical hours.Intensive outpatient (IOP)Several days per week, returning to work or family.OutpatientWeekly therapy and medical visits.Virtual / telehealth treatmentRemote care, from outpatient therapy to full virtual IOP and PHP.
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Covington
Eating Disorder Treatment Centers of Louisiana — Covington
Residential · Adults · Women only
Harahan
River Oaks Hospital — Eating Disorders Treatment Center
Inpatient, Partial (PHP), IOP · Adolescents and adults · All genders
Metairie
CEDAR Health — Center for Eating Disorder and ARFID Recovery
IOP, Outpatient, Virtual / telehealth · All ages · All genders
New Orleans
Manning Family Children's — Feeding & Eating Disorder Clinic
Outpatient, Virtual / telehealth · Children and adolescents · All genders
Shreveport
Ochsner LSU Health — Eating Disorder Treatment
Outpatient · Children, adolescents, and young adults · All genders
About eating disorder treatment in Louisiana
Eating Disorder Treatment Centers of Louisiana in Covington runs the state's only specialized residential program, for women, while River Oaks Hospital in Harahan provides the highest level of care open to all genders. CEDAR Health in Metairie and Manning Family Children's in New Orleans offer outpatient and intensive outpatient care, and Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport serves north Louisiana. Because in-person specialty care concentrates around New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the Acadiana region, the Florida Parishes east of Baton Rouge, and rural northeast Louisiana have no in-person program. Adolescents or men who need residential care go out of state.
Paying for treatment in Louisiana
Most commercial health plans in Louisiana cover eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, subject to your plan's usual deductible, copays, and prior-authorization requirements for higher levels of care. Whether care is in-network depends on whether your specific plan contracts with the program you are considering.(source)
Healthy Louisiana (Louisiana Medicaid, delivered through managed-care plans) covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization and medical-necessity review for higher levels of care. Medicaid acceptance varies by program in Louisiana, so the treatment program can confirm whether it accepts Healthy Louisiana when it checks your coverage. Children may also qualify through LaCHIP, delivered through the same managed-care system.(source)
Louisiana's parity law requires group plans that cover mental health benefits not to apply more restrictive limits than they apply to medical and surgical benefits, subject to some small-employer exemptions. Eating disorders are covered as mental health conditions; federal MHPAEA covers self-funded employer plans.(source)
To start a benefits verification, call to be connected with a licensed eating disorder program.
See also: our insurance guides, how to verify your benefits, and how virtual eating disorder treatment works.
Common questions about eating disorder treatment in Louisiana
Where can I get residential eating disorder treatment in Louisiana?
In-state residential care is limited: the only residential program currently listed, Eating Disorder Treatment Centers of Louisiana in Covington, serves adult women. Adult men and adolescents travel out of state for residential care, since no in-state residential program serves those groups. The highest level available to all genders within Louisiana is River Oaks Hospital in Harahan, near New Orleans, which offers inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient care.
Does Healthy Louisiana (Medicaid) cover eating disorder treatment?
Yes. Healthy Louisiana covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization for higher levels of care. Acceptance varies by program, which the program confirms when it checks your coverage, and children may also qualify through LaCHIP.
What about eating disorder treatment in Acadiana, the river parishes, or rural Louisiana?
Louisiana's in-person specialty programs are centered on New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport. Acadiana (Lafayette and the surrounding region), the Florida Parishes east of Baton Rouge, the river parishes, and the rural northeast have no in-person eating disorder specialty program. For residents in those areas, virtual care is usually the main option for outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment, with a trip to a major city needed for higher levels of care.
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