(Metairie, La) – On Thursday, March 21 at Ochsner Medical Center’s Brent House Hotel, experts from the health care, law, tax and insurance industries will lead a discussion on how businesses will be affected by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The experts are: Michael Bertaut, Healthcare Economist, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. Charles ... Read More

(Source: Ochsner.org) Since the first successful in utero (in the womb) spina bifida repair surgery in 1997, only a small handful of hospitals in the country have been able to offer this extremely specialized type of surgery. Most patients have to travel to programs in California, Tennessee or Pennsylvania for the procedure, where they may have to remain for up to eight ... Read More

Member Spotlight: One of our very active Chamber Members, JoAnn Keegan, is the Chair for the New Orleans Chapter of Women Presidents' Organization. There are a total 101 chapters around the world and the New Orleans area Chapter is one of the newest. This group is a peer advisory group based on the 4 C's of WPO: Collaboration, Confidentiality, Commitment and Connections. If ... Read More

(Metairie, La) – On March 19 at Drago’s Empire Room in Metairie, four Jefferson Parish entrepreneurs will compete in the first-ever Cordina Challenge business pitch contest. The winning pitch will receive a prize package of in-kind services and direct capital valued at more than $43,000. Grown from a partnership between the Jefferson Chamber, Jefferson Parish Economic ... Read More