(November 20, 2017, 1:59 PM EST) -- SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana appeals panel on Nov. 15 held that the owner of an assisted living facility is a health care provider qualified under Louisiana’s Medical Malpractice Act (MMA) and that alleged negligence against the owner involves an act or treatment that should have been performed or furnished by the owner for, to or on behalf of its 84-year-old patient, reversing and remanding a lower court’s dismissal of a medical review panel proceeding against the owner (In Re: Medical Review Panel Proceeding of Mildred Louise Lyons, No. 51-750, La., App., 2nd Cir., 2017 La. App. LEXIS 2061)....