Louisiana is opening back up. In this podcast, healthcare economist Mike Bertaut talks about the adjustments we are all making and why we can’t let our guards down. Mike also discusses the strong safety net Louisiana currently has for residents who lose their jobs and their health insurance during this pandemic.

Mike talks about the remarkable number of telehealth claims Blue Cross is processing right now, and goes into details about the data sharing partnership. In the podcast, we talk about a presentation that Blue Cross’s chief data officer, Somesh Nigam, led this week, during the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Data Science CoLab demo day.