Ochsner Health System

Ochsner Health System is a not-for-profit health system based in the New Orleans metropolitan area of southeast Louisiana, United States.[5] As of 2021 it is the largest non-profit, academic healthcare system operating in Louisiana, with 40 medical facilities across the state.[1] [6] [7] [8] Its flagship hospital, Ochsner Medical Center, has been ranked the number one hospital in Louisiana for the past decade. [9] [10] [11] It also has other clinics and medical centers in Greater New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Monroe, Lafayette, and other locations across Louisiana and Mississippi.[12]

Ochsner Health System
TypePrivate (not-for-profit)
IndustryHealth care
FoundedJanuary 2, 1942 (1942-01-02)
New Orleans, Louisiana
FoundersAlton Ochsner
HeadquartersOchsner Medical Center,
Jefferson, Louisiana
,
United States
Number of locations
40 hospitals, 100 health centers & sites[1] (2021)
Area served
Key people
  • Warner Thomas (president and CEO)[2][3]
RevenueUS$4.3 billion (2021)[4]
Number of employees
32,000[1]
Websitewww.ochsner.org
Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson, Louisiana, which houses the administrative headquarters of Ochsner Health System

History

Ochsner was founded by Dr. Alton Ochsner.[13]

Adeptus Health reached an agreement with the Ochsner Health System to build and operate emergency rooms in Louisiana under the Ochsner name in September 2016.[14]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana, the Ochsner Health System was strained by surges in patient volume.[6] In part, efforts to provide healthcare were complicated by resistance to vaccination among healthcare workers, and the effects of Hurricane Ida.[15] [16] [17] [18] In 2021 Oschner stated that employees with spouses who did not take the COVID-19 vaccine will pay more for health insurance.[7]

Ochsner reported a drop of $74M in operating income in 2021, attributed to the effects of Hurricane Ida and the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

In June of 2021, a significant Gulf Coast expansion was announced.[8] Ochsner took over Rush Health System in Mississippi and Alabama.

Ochsner Health System hospitals
Louisiana

Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center campuses (formerly Lafayette General Health System)

  • Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center (formerly Lafayette General Medical Center) - Lafayette
  • Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital (formerly Abrom Memorial Hospital) - Kaplan
  • Ochsner Acadia General Hospital (formerly American Legion Acadia Post 15 Hospital) - Crowley
  • Ochsner St. Martin Hospital (formerly Gary Memorial Hospital) - Breaux Bridge
  • Heart and Vascular Center of Acadiana - Lafayette
  • Ochsner Lafayette General Orthopedic Hospital - Lafayette
  • Ochsner Lafayette General Surgical Hospital - Lafayette
  • Ochsner University Hospital (formerly LSU University Medical Center) - Lafayette
Mississippi

References
  1. "Ochsner Health: History". Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  2. "100 Most Influential People in Healthcare". modernhealthcare.com. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  3. "Warner Thomas, President and CEO of Ochsner Health, Named as Trustee to American Hospital Association Board". bizneworleans.com. 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  4. Plescia, Marissa (2021-11-12). "Ochsner's operating income drops by $72M, blames Hurricane Ida, COVID-19 pandemic". beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  5. "Ochsner Locations". ochsner.org. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  6. Plaisance, Stacy (2021-08-12). "Overwhelmed by COVID-19: A day inside a Louisiana hospital". New York Post. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  7. Bellware, Kim (2021-10-05). "Workers with unvaccinated spouses will pay more for insurance, a Louisiana health system says". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  8. Woodruff, Emily (2021-06-17). "Ochsner Health to take over 7-hospital Mississippi-based provider in major Gulf Coast expansion". nola.com. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  9. "U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals". health.usnews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  10. Cristina, Victoria (2020-07-28). "Ochsner ranked '#1 Hospital in Louisiana' by U.S. News & World Report". WGNO. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  11. "Greater New Orleans Inc.: Health Sciences". ochsner.org. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  12. "Ochsner Medical Center". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  13. "Ochsner Health: Founding Fathers of Ochsner". ochsner.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  14. Griggs, Ted (September 19, 2015). "Ochsner Health System, Adeptus Health Partner on Stand-Alone Emergency Rooms in Greater New Orleans". The Advocate. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  15. Treisman, Rachel (2021-08-30). "Louisiana And Mississippi Were Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Cases. Then Ida Struck". NPR. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  16. Westwood, Rosemary (2021-08-10). "Louisiana's Struggle To Get Its Health Care Workers Vaccinated Against COVID". NPR. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  17. Morris, Amanda (2021-08-30). "Louisiana is grappling with oxygen shortages in Ida's aftermath". New York Times. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  18. Gooch, Amanda; Paavola, Alia (2021-08-30). "Louisiana hospitals grapple with Hurricane Ida: Generator failures, roof damage and more". beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  19. "Oschner St. Anne". Oschner Health System. Retrieved 2021-10-08. 4608 Highway 1 Raceland, LA 70394 - See CDP map


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