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Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge named among Forbes Top Hospitals 2026
National recognition highlights quality care and patient experience in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. – Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge was named one of Forbes Top Hospitals 2026, the publication’s first national assessment of hospital performance. This recognition highlights hospitals that demonstrate strong performance across quality outcomes, patient experience, value and best practices.
Forbes’s national assessment of hospital performance
The Forbes Top Hospitals 2026 list was created to help individuals and families navigate the healthcare system and identify high-performing hospitals. The rating system was produced alongside healthcare measurement experts and is built on validated data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Provider Data Catalog.
Forbes Top Hospitals evaluation criteria
2,500 general acute care hospitals met initial criteria for consideration
762 hospitals nationwide were named to the final list
56 performance measures were used to evaluate quality, outcomes, value and patient experience
This recognition places Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge among hospitals nationwide that consistently meet high standards across multiple dimensions of care.
“This is a great honor for the hospital and speaks to all the incredible work from everyone on our team,” says Chuck Daigle, CEO, Ochsner Baton Rouge. “We’re especially proud of our performance with patient experience and quality metrics. At Ochsner, patients are always our top priority.”
Excellence in patient care
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge is dedicated to delivering excellence in patient care through its comprehensive healthcare services and patient-first approach. With a wide range of specialties, including emergency medicine and advanced surgical procedures, OMC – Baton Rouge ensures every patient receives exceptional, personalized care.
For more information about the Ochsner Baton Rouge region, please visit https://www.ochsner.org/br.
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About Ochsner Baton Rouge
With 650 physicians and advanced practice providers across the area, Ochsner Baton Rouge includes Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge, a full-service, award-winning 150-bed hospital, and Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove, which offers a short-stay and outpatient surgery center, primary care and specialty services like cardiology, neurology, women’s services and the Shaquille O’Neal Pediatric Super Clinic. Ochsner delivers care closer to home with more than 40 health clinics, urgent care and health-and-wellness centers in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes, including Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center – Baton Rouge and Ochsner Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute at Elite Training Complex – Burbank. Ochsner Baton Rouge has been recognized for excellence and quality of care by Becker’s Hospital Review, Healthgrades, Truven Health Analytics and Leapfrog. Ochsner Baton Rouge is a part of Ochsner Health. To learn more about Ochsner Baton Rouge, please visit our website and follow us on Facebook.
About Ochsner Health
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. Ochsner is nationally recognized for inspiring healthier lives and stronger communities through expertise, quality and digital connectivity. In 2024, more than 40,000 dedicated team members and 4,900 employed and affiliated physicians at Ochsner cared for 1.6 million people from every state in the nation and 63 countries. To learn more about how Ochsner empowers people to get well and stay well, visit www.ochsner.org.
