BATON ROUGE, La. — The head of the management company running LSU's hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe said Thursday that the company has paid outstanding debts to the university system and was working out the final details of its contract. Rodney Huebbers, CEO of the University Health System, which oversees the two LSU-owned hospitals in north Louisiana, sought to defuse an ongoing financial disagreement between the hospital operator and the university system. By Melinda Deslatte. (AP NEWS)