Ochsner Health
Legal name: Ochsner Community Hospitals
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205297040
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2016
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016
- Location
- New Orleans, LA, USA
- Phone
- 1-866-624-7637
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $670,190,786
- Expenses
- $640,294,041
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
38 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ochsner Health is the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in Louisiana, Mississippi and across the Gulf South, delivering expert care at its 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers. Access to preventive care is essential for building healthier communities. Our Community Health Screenings initiative brings vital services directly to neighborhoods through mobile health units and local events. These screenings - covering blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, cancer risk assessments, and more - are designed to detect health issues early and connect individuals with the care they need. By meeting people where they are, we help remove barriers to care and promote wellness for all. Our dedicated teams work hand-in-hand with community partners to ensure every visit is a step toward a healthier future. Request community health screenings at your community event...
What it reported doing in 2016
Patient Care: Ochsner Community Hospitals operated a hospital that served 14,805 inpatients for a total of 56,156 patient days. Outpatient visits totaled 68,267. There were a total of 999 births and 52,913 Emergency Room visits to the Ochsner Community Hospital location.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 95
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.5%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 94.5% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $626.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $4.6M · 38 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $14.2M reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2016
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 15 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 57/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.