LCMC Health System
LCMC Health System (formerly known as Louisiana Children's Medical Center) is a nonprofit network of healthcare providers in Southern Louisiana, based out of New Orleans. Members include academic centers, acute care facilities, and research hospitals. LCMC Health's mission is to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. LCMC Health, along with Ochsner, dominate the Louisiana health and hospital space.
New logo unveiled in 2019. Hospitals in the system all have logos consistent with this. | |
| Formation | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Founded at | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Merger of | Children's Hospital New Orleans and Touro Infirmary |
| Headquarters | 210 State St, New Orleans, LA |
| Coordinates | 29°55′02″N 90°07′31″W / 29.917258°N 90.125221°W |
Region | Louisiana |
| Services | healthcare |
Key people |
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Staff | 9,368 |
Volunteers | 2,499 |
| Website | LCMC Health website |
Formerly called | Louisiana Children's Medical Center |
Along with their 6 hospitals and physicians offices, LCMC Health operates a network of urgent care centers across the greater New Orleans area.
History Edit
Children's Hospital New Orleans and Touro Infirmary merged into one hospital system in 2009. Louisiana Children's Medical Center, the parent of Children's Hospital, became the parent to both hospitals.[1] Louisiana Children's Medical Center was later renamed LCMC Health to help reflect that the network is not only for children.[2]
In December 2012, it was announced that LSU Health Systems would transfer the management of ILH to Louisiana Children's Medical Center, a non-profit corporation that manages Children's Hospital and Touro Infirmary.[3] The plan also called for LCMC Health to acquire University Medical Center Management Corporation (UMCMC), a non profit corporation originally established to manage and operate the University Medical Center, a $1.1 billion facility that opened on August 1, 2015. ILH's transition from public to private management took place in June 2013.[4][5]
In November 2013, LCMC Health signed a letter of intent to operate under construction New Orleans East Hospital.[6] The hospital was planned to cost about $130 million, and consist of 80-beds.[7][8]
The State of Louisiana entered into a contract with LCMC Health to operate and run the newly constructed University Medical Center, New Orleans. The 1.1 billion dollar hospital opened on August 1, 2015 as a replacement for Charity Hospital and University Hospital. University Medical Center New Orleans is affiliated with the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and Tulane University School of Medicine. The hospital is managed by LCMC Health, a private not-for-profit hospital system.[9][10]
On October 1, 2015 LCMC Health took over operations of West Jefferson Medical Center as part of a three-year lease from the government of Jefferson Parish.[11] Lease papers were exchanged, and LCMC Health wired Jefferson Parish the lease's $200 million up-front payment.[12][13]
In June 2019 financially unstable East Jefferson General Hospital's board of directors entered into a memorandum of understanding with LCMC Health aimed at exploring a possible partnership.[14] In February 2020 EJGH officials were forced to sell the hospital to LCMC Health at a cost of $90 million to avoid going into bankruptcy. LCMC Health plans to pump over $100 million into the hospital in mainly infrastructure upgrades.[15][16]
In early 2020 LCMC Health tightened visitor restrictions across all of their hospitals to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 within their hospitals.[17][18][19] Restrictions included having all visitors be required to wear a mask while inside the facility and requiring visitors to undergo temperature checks before any visitation could take place.[20] Also, many patients will be limited to just having one support with them in cases such as labor and delivery and outpatient procedures. The network also participated in daily conference calls with competitor hospitals and government agencies to determine best practices when dealing with COVID patients.[21]
Tulane University and LCMC announced on October 10, 2022, that LCMC would purchase Tulane Medical Center (along with Lakeview Regional Medical Center, and Tulane Lakeside Hospital) from HCA for $150 Million.[22]
Hospitals Edit
| Hospital | Location | Beds | Date Joined LCMC | Type | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | 221[23] | Founding | Children's Hospital | |
| Touro Infirmary | New Orleans, Louisiana | 325[24] | Founding | Teaching Hospital | |
| University Medical Center New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | 324[25] | August 1, 2015 (From Opening) | Tertiary Teaching Hospital | |
| New Orleans East Hospital | New Orleans, Louisiana | 2014 | Teaching Hospital | ||
| West Jefferson Medical Center | Jefferson Parish, Louisiana | October 1, 2015 | Teaching Hospital | ||
| East Jefferson General Hospital | February 27, 2020 |
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ Warner, Coleman (2009-02-03). "Children's, Touro to merge Uptown hospital operations in New Orleans". NOLA.com. from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ Catalanello, Rebecca (2015-05-29). "LCMC Health will 'rethink' University Medical Center deal without full funding". NOLA.com. from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Interim LSU Public Hospital". www.lsuhospitals.org. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ EXCHANGE, HCE (27 June 2014). "Louisiana Teaching Hospital Successfully Navigates Ownership Change". Healthcare ix. from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Alpert, Henry (April 2015). "Operation: Healthcare". New Orleans Living Magazine. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "LCMC Health Becomes Operator of New Orleans East Hospital". www.beckershospitalreview.com. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Times-Picayune, Richard A. Webster, NOLA com | The. "New Orleans East Hospital signs LCMC Health as operator". NOLA.com. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ HealthLeaders. "LCMC Health signs deal to run New Orleans East Hospital". www.healthleadersmedia.com. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "Charity Hospital Replacement Opens Saturday in New Orleans". abcnews. from the original on 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ^ "Secret Weapon to a successful hospital move". www.mazzetti.com. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Gooch, Kelly (30 September 2015). "West Jefferson Medical Center becomes part of LCMC Health: 5 things to know". www.beckershospitalreview.com. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Times-Picayune, Diana Samuels, NOLA com | The. "At 12:01 a.m., control of West Jefferson Medical Center changes". NOLA.com. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Staff, FOX8Live com. "Councilwoman: East Jefferson General Hospital looking into deal with LCMC Health". fox8live. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Staff, FOX8Live com. "Councilwoman: East Jefferson General Hospital looking into deal with LCMC Health". fox8live. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ PERUMEAN, THOMAS (2020-02-20). "Lifeline: EJGH agrees to sell to LCMC". WWL. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "Voters Will Decide If LCMC Health Purchases East Jefferson General Hospital". Biz New Orleans. 2020-02-28. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Baptiste, Tiffany. "LCMC issues visitor restrictions for hospitals due to COVID-19 concerns". Fox 8 New Orleans. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "Information About Coronavirus (COVID-19)". LCMC Health. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Team, WDSU Digital (2020-03-16). "Visitor restrictions in place for these New Orleans health facilities". WDSU. from the original on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Watkins, Christina (2020-03-18). "Here's what LCMC in New Orleans is doing to keep health facilities clean amid COVID-19 outbreak". WDSU. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ May, David (2020-05-30). "Q&A: COVID-19 turns competitors into collaborators". Modern Healthcare. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "LCMC Health and Tulane University announce partnership". Tulane News. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "American Hospital Directory - Children's Hospital (193300) - Free Profile". www.ahd.com. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "American Hospital Directory - Touro Infirmary (190046) - Free Profile". www.ahd.com. from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "American Hospital Directory: UMCNO". www.ahd.com. from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
External links Edit
- LCMC Health Website
- Children's Hospital New Orleans Website