LSU Health Shreveport held a briefing at Noon on Monday to give an update on the status of the hospital. Recent cuts to Medicaid have impacted the LSU System budget, and the Department of Health and Hospitals has asked the public hospital system to find a new way to structure things to save money. This fiscal year the Shreveport hospital faced a $46-million deficit.  There have been rumors that there will be cuts here, even the possibility of selling the Shreveport hospital.  However, LSU Health Shreveport says no final decisions have been made.  While the systems hospitals in both Monroe and Pineville have already faced staff cuts, administrators say right now there is no plan for lay-offs or attrition at LSU Health Shreveport.  Right now, the hospital has a plan to keep running as a public hospital with no staff cuts through June 2013, but that is subject to change as they look for ways to fund the hospital long term.