LCMC Health System

Louisiana Children's Medical Center Health (LCMC Health) 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's goal is to provide the best possible care for every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond. LCMC along with Ochsner dominate the Louisiana health and hospital space.

LCMC Health
New logo unveiled in 2019. Hospitals in the system all have logos consistent with this.
Formation2009
Founded atNew Orleans, Louisiana
Merger ofChildren's Hospital New Orleans and Touro Infirmary
Headquarters210 State St,
New Orleans, LA
Coordinates29.917258°N 90.125221°W / 29.917258; -90.125221
Region
Louisiana
Serviceshealthcare
Key people
  • Greg Feirn (C.E.O.)
  • Scott Landry (SVP)
Staff
9,368
Volunteers
2,499
WebsiteLCMC Website
Formerly called
Louisiana Children's Medical Center Health

Along with their 5 hospitals and physicians offices, LCMC health operates a network of urgent care centers across the greater New Orleans area.

History

Children's Hospital 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 city.[11] Lease papers were exchanged on Wednesday, 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 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]

Hospitals
Hospitals in LCMC Health
Hospital Location Beds Date Joined LCMC Type Image
Children's Hospital New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana 221[22] Founding Children's Hospital
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, Louisiana 325[23] Founding Teaching Hospital
University Medical Center New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana 324[24] 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

See also

References
  1. Warner, Coleman (2009-02-03). "Children's, Touro to merge Uptown hospital operations in New Orleans". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  2. Catalanello, Rebecca (2015-05-29). "LCMC Health will 'rethink' University Medical Center deal without full funding". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  3. "Interim LSU Public Hosptial". www.lsuhospitals.org. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  4. EXCHANGE, HCE (27 June 2014). "Louisiana Teaching Hospital Successfully Navigates Ownership Change". Healthcare ix. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. Alpert, Henry. "Operation: Healthcare". New Orleans Living Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  6. "LCMC Health Becomes Operator of New Orleans East Hospital". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  7. Times-Picayune, Richard A. Webster, NOLA com | The. "New Orleans East Hospital signs LCMC Health as operator". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  8. HealthLeaders. "LCMC Health signs deal to run New Orleans East Hospital". www.healthleadersmedia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  9. "Charity Hospital Replacement Opens Saturday in New Orleans". abcnews. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  10. "Secret Weapon to a successful hospital move". www.mazzetti.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  11. Gooch, Kelly (30 September 2015). "West Jefferson Medical Center becomes part of LCMC Health: 5 things to know". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  12. Times-Picayune, Diana Samuels, NOLA com | The. "At 12:01 a.m., control of West Jefferson Medical Center changes". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  13. Staff, FOX8Live com. "Councilwoman: East Jefferson General Hospital looking into deal with LCMC Health". fox8live. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  14. Staff, FOX8Live com. "Councilwoman: East Jefferson General Hospital looking into deal with LCMC Health". fox8live. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  15. PERUMEAN, THOMAS (2020-02-20). "Lifeline: EJGH agrees to sell to LCMC". WWL. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  16. "Voters Will Decide If LCMC Health Purchases East Jefferson General Hospital". Biz New Orleans. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  17. Baptiste, Tiffany. "LCMC issues visitor restrictions for hospitals due to COVID-19 concerns". Fox 8 New Orleans. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  18. "Information About Coronavirus (COVID-19)". LCMC Health. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  19. Team, WDSU Digital (2020-03-16). "Visitor restrictions in place for these New Orleans health facilities". WDSU. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  20. Watkins, Christina (2020-03-18). "Here's what LCMC in New Orleans is doing to keep health facilities clean amid COVID-19 outbreak". WDSU. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  21. May, David (2020-05-30). "Q&A: COVID-19 turns competitors into collaborators". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  22. "American Hospital Directory - Children's Hospital (193300) - Free Profile". www.ahd.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  23. "American Hospital Directory - Touro Infirmary (190046) - Free Profile". www.ahd.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  24. "American Hospital Directory: UMCNO". www.ahd.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
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