Ochsner LSU Health System of North Louisiana

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization's purpose is to improve and expand medical education and research and to improve access to and the provision of quality medical care in north Louisiana. The organization provides hospital and medical care to the residents of shreveport and monroe, Louisiana, and their surrounding communities through the ownership and operation of three safety-net hospitals. In addition, the hospitals are teaching hospitals, providing access to education to students and professionals in the medical field. The system served 24,768 inpatients resulting in 127,497 patient days. Emergency room visits totaled 82,274. The number of births totaled 3,252. Outpatient hospital visits totaled 619,819. Ochsner lsu health system serves as the safety net provider for the poor and under served residing in north and central Louisiana. In 2025, nearly 39% of all patient encounters in the health system were medicaid recipients. The system's hospitals include medical center to ochsner lsu health shreveport - academic medical center, a 285-bed hospital in shreveport, Louisiana and one of the nation's largest independent academic medical centers; ochsner lsu health monroe, a 233-bed hospital in monroe, la and ochsner lsu health shreveport - st. Mary medical center, a 93-bed hospital in shreveport, Louisiana. The system also includes an outpatient surgery center, outpatient clinics and urgent care facilities located throughout north Louisiana, along with a behavioral health facility that is operated as part of a joint venture between ochsner lsu health system and a third-party partner.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 63.7%; rating input score 64
• Program expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: 89.1%; rating input score 89; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings