Healthcare System Overview

An In-Depth Look into the Healthcare System

Ochsner Health is the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf South. Founded in New Orleans in 1942, Ochsner has grown into an integrated system of 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers. In 2025, more than 40,000 team members and 5,000 employed and affiliated physicians cared for more than 1.6 million people from every state and 65 countries.

Ochsner is physician led and operates as one of the country's largest non-university-based academic medical centers, with clinical care, research, and medical education under one organization.

System Snapshot

Detail Description
Ownership Nonprofit, 501(c)(3)
Headquarters 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA
Hospitals 47
Health and urgent care centers More than 370
Team members More than 40,000
Employed and affiliated physicians More than 5,000
Licensed beds 4,369
Annual discharges 145,578
Annual ER visits 414,265
Net patient revenue $6.6 billion
EMR Epic
President and CEO Pete November

Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans

Ochsner Medical Center on Jefferson Highway is the system's flagship hospital and the hub for its most specialized care. The rehabilitation hospital sits on the adjacent West Campus, so your patients move from acute care to rehabilitation within the same campus.

  • 767 acute care beds
  • Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 hospital in Louisiana and the New Orleans metro area for 2026-2027, its 15th consecutive year on the Best Hospitals list
  • Rated High Performing in neurology and neurosurgery and in orthopedics
  • Obstetrics and gynecology and pulmonary and lung surgery ranked among the top 50 nationally
  • Home to Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center

Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital

Detail Description
Location Ochsner West Campus, 2614 Jefferson Highway
Opened 2018
Operating partner Select Medical
Beds 56, including 8 dedicated brain injury beds
Accreditation The Joint Commission; CARF
CARF specialty programs Stroke; Brain Injury
Recognition Ranked No. 1 in Louisiana on Newsweek's 2022 list of America's Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers

The West Campus building also houses a skilled nursing facility and a long-term acute care hospital, giving patients several levels of post-acute care in one location.

Growth on Jefferson Highway

Project Status
Debra H. and Robert J. Patrick Neuroscience Institute Expected to open fall 2026; 132,000 square feet for neurology, neurosurgery, and behavioral health
The Gayle and Tom Benson Ochsner Children's Hospital Under construction; expected to open in 2028

Academics and Research

  • University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School, a medical school partnership established in 2009
  • Major affiliation with Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Clinical research portfolio of more than 600 studies across 30 specialties
  • PM&R residency program in development

Network Components

Component Locations
Urgent care clinics 42
Imaging centers 55
Rural health clinics 29
Ambulatory surgery centers 16
Home health agencies 13
Skilled nursing facilities 12

Payor Mix

System-wide, by net patient revenue.

Payor Share
Commercial, private, and other 62.4%
Medicaid 25.8%
Medicare 11.8%

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